Weight Loss Maintenance: Exploring Racial Differences

这项研究的总体设想是利用社会认知理论：1)调查减肥情况 少数人和非少数人在父母行为减肥完成后的赡养 干预研究和2)找出少数群体和非少数群体在 坚持减肥策略，保持体重。主要目的是：1)检查差异 在完成父母研究后保持的体重减轻百分比的组间，2)至 探索用于保持减肥的行为策略的差异，以及3)评估特定的 体重维持成功的预测指标。次要目标是描述社会支持和 重视少数人和非少数人的体重维持。描述性统计将检查 行为策略；配对t检验将比较不同组之间的平均体重变化，以及多重线性 回归将分析体重维持(或不保持)的预测因素，以满足拟议研究的目标。 研究结果将被用来开发未来对帮助体重增加的少数民族人群进行文化敏感的研究。 维持，以减少与肥胖和由此产生的医疗费用相关的并存。

The general puposes of the proposed study are to utilize social cognitive theory to: 1) investigate weight loss maintenance among minority and non-minority persons after completion of the parent behavioral weight loss intervention study and 2) identify the possible differences between minorities and non-minorities in adherence to weight loss strategies for weight maintenance. The primary aims are:1) to examine differences between groups in the percentage of weight loss maintained following completion of the parent study, 2) to explore the differences in behavioral strategies used to maintain weight loss, and 3) to assess the specific predictors of successful weight maintenance. Secondary aims are to describe the roles of social support and stress in weight maintenance for minority and non-minority persons. Descriptive statistics will examine behavioral strategies;paired t-tests will compare mean weight change between groups, and multiple linear regression will analyze predictors of weight maintenance (or not) to meet the aims of the proposed study. Results will be used to develop future, culturally sensitive studies for minority populations assisting in weight maintenance in order to decrease co-morbidities associated with obesity and resultant healthcare costs.