Managing Weight Loss Plateaus and Maintaining Weight Loss Flashcards
Only __% of adults in the United States sustain a 10% weight loss after 1 year.
17%
A period of stalled progress of 1 month or longer.
plateau
Obese people who have lost weight.
reduced obese
What three causes contribute to lapses in dietary adherence?
physiological, psychological, environmental
There is a biological drive to increase calorie intake by approximately ___ calories for every kilogram of weight loss
100 calories
What period of stalled progress best represents a weight loss plateau?
A. One month or longer
B. Two months or longer
C. One week or longer
D. Six months or longer
A. One month or longer
What is the main reason for a weight loss plateau?
A. A decrease in energy intake so energy intake exceeds energy expenditure.
B. An increase in energy intake so energy intake outweighs energy expenditure.
C. An increase in energy intake so energy intake matches energy expenditure.
D. A decrease in energy intake so energy intake is less than energy expenditure.
C. An increase in energy intake so energy intake matches energy expenditure.
Periods of body weight plateaus where a client practices maintenance of habits and becomes used to the new body weight.
maintenance practice
Plateaus ____ in length as bodyweight continues to decrease.
increase
A greater-than-expected decrease in energy expenditure due to weight loss.
metabolic adaptation
The tendency for people to eat more when offered a wide variety of foods.
buffet effect
Refers to how human brains assign value to food – defined by the calories gained from a food relative to how much energy and time is needed to obtain it.
Optimal Foraging Theory
A loss of effectiveness of the signals that travel to the brain and tell people they are full.
impaired satiety signals
Repetitive cycles of weight loss followed by weight regain where most or all of the weight is gained back.
weight cycling
Alternating periods of energy restriction with periods of maintenance or diet breaks.
intermittent dietary strategies