Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Some overweight and obese women work harder to get healthy when they're not ordered to lose weight, but told their current body shape is fine and that maintaining it is an acceptable goal.
The women on whom this approach has most recently shown promise are younger African American women whose body mass index falls between 25 and 35, placing them in the overweight-to-moderately obese category. In a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, these women tended to stay at their weight or even lose a few pounds when they were assigned to a "shape-maintenance" program. Meanwhile, a comparison group of African American women received "usual care" -- they were sent a biannual "wellness" newsletter that did not discuss weight, nutrition or exercise.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-black-women-obesity-20130826,0,4337004.story
The women on whom this approach has most recently shown promise are younger African American women whose body mass index falls between 25 and 35, placing them in the overweight-to-moderately obese category. In a study published Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine, these women tended to stay at their weight or even lose a few pounds when they were assigned to a "shape-maintenance" program. Meanwhile, a comparison group of African American women received "usual care" -- they were sent a biannual "wellness" newsletter that did not discuss weight, nutrition or exercise.
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-black-women-obesity-20130826,0,4337004.story