Title
Predictors of Weight Loss Success: Exercise vs. Dietary Self-Efficacy and Treatment Attendance
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Pre-treatment diet and exercise self-efficacies can predict weight loss success. Changes in diet self-efficacy across treatment appear to be even stronger predictors than baseline levels, but research on changes in exercise self-efficacy is lacking. Using data from a pilot study evaluating tangible reinforcement for weight loss (N = 30), we examined the impact of changes in diet and exercise self-efficacy on outcomes. Multiple regression analyses indicated that treatment attendance and changes in exercise self-efficacy during treatment were the strongest predictors of weight loss. Developing weight loss programs that foster the development of exercise self-efficacy may enhance participants’ success.
Recommended Citation
Byrne, Shannon; Barry, Danielle; and Petry, Nancy M., "Predictors of Weight Loss Success: Exercise vs. Dietary Self-Efficacy and Treatment Attendance" (2012). UCHC Articles - Research. 195.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/uchcres_articles/195
Comments
Appetite. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2013 July 29. Published in final edited form as: Appetite. 2012 April; 58(2): 695–698. Published online 2012 January 10. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.01.005 PMCID: PMC3726181 NIHMSID: NIHMS349058