Success and Failure of dieting

Question 1

Miller – Kovach et al

Answer 1

social support methods were superior to individual dieting regimes over 2 years

Question 2

Lowe et al

Answer 2

average of 71.6% of Weight Watchers members maintained a body weight loss of around 5%

Question 3

Wing and Hill

Answer 3

common behaviours leading to successful weight loss and its maintenance include low fat diet, self-monitoring and more physical activity

Question 4

Herman and Mack

Answer 4

participants who had a higher restraint ate significantly more food than those with a lower constraint

Question 5

Jeffery et al

Answer 5

after 6 months, obese people began to regain weight due to failing to maintain behaviour changes

Question 6

Cummings et al

Answer 6

low calorie diets increase ghrelin production by 24%