Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts
© The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. This study reports how showing a person an illustration of themselves following future weight-loss might impact on their actual future weight-loss. Weight was recorded we...
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| author | Jiwa, M. Burford, Oksana Parsons, R. |
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| description | © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. This study reports how showing a person an illustration of themselves following future weight-loss might impact on their actual future weight-loss. Weight was recorded weekly, 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after the intervention. A significant proportion of the 44 participants lost weight following the intervention: 17 vs. 29 (P = 0.01, chi-squared = 6.559). After the first 8 weeks, the mean change in weight was -0.32 kg [standard deviation (SD): 2.2, P = 0.37]. The weight change after the second 8 weeks was -0.94 kg (SD: 1.7, P = 0.001). The mean difference in weight losses between the two periods was -0.62 kg (SD: 2.1, P = 0.08). |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-258902017-09-13T15:23:30Z Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts Jiwa, M. Burford, Oksana Parsons, R. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved. This study reports how showing a person an illustration of themselves following future weight-loss might impact on their actual future weight-loss. Weight was recorded weekly, 8 weeks before and 8 weeks after the intervention. A significant proportion of the 44 participants lost weight following the intervention: 17 vs. 29 (P = 0.01, chi-squared = 6.559). After the first 8 weeks, the mean change in weight was -0.32 kg [standard deviation (SD): 2.2, P = 0.37]. The weight change after the second 8 weeks was -0.94 kg (SD: 1.7, P = 0.001). The mean difference in weight losses between the two periods was -0.62 kg (SD: 2.1, P = 0.08). 2015 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25890 10.1093/eurpub/cku249 unknown |
| spellingShingle | Jiwa, M. Burford, Oksana Parsons, R. Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title | Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title_full | Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title_short | Preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| title_sort | preliminary findings of how visual demonstrations of changes to physical appearance may enhance weight loss attempts |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25890 |