Predicting long-term weight loss maintenance in previously overweight women: A signal detection approach

Abstract

Objective Examine psychological and behavioral predictors of 3-year weight loss maintenance in women. Methods Participants were 154 women in a 1-year randomized controlled trial on weight management with a 2-year follow-up. Signal detection analyses identified behavioral and psychological variables that best predicted 5% and 10% weight loss at 3 years. Results Women with better body image were more likely to have lost ≥5% weight at 3 years (P-