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SUBMITTER: VanWormer JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3474347 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
VanWormer Jeffrey J JJ Linde Jennifer A JA Harnack Lisa J LJ Stovitz Steven D SD Jeffery Robert W RW
International journal of behavioral medicine 20120901 3
<h4>Background</h4>Little is known about the association between self-weighing frequency and weight gain prevention, particularly in worksite populations.<h4>Purpose</h4>The degree to which self-weighing frequency predicted 2-year body weight change in working adults was examined.<h4>Method</h4>The association between self-weighing frequency (monthly or less, weekly, daily, or more) and 24-month weight change was analyzed in a prospective cohort analysis (n = 1,222) as part of the larger HealthW ...[more]