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© 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Objective: To advance understanding of the individual and environmental factors underpinning weight loss maintenance. Design: Semi-structured, data-prompted interviews were conducted with twelve overweight adult participants (three men, nine women) who had lost over 5% of their body weight in the year before baseline. Participants gathered daily data through wireless scales, activity monitors (Fitbit™), ecological momentary assessment and experience sampling (taking photographs, writing notes). They were interviewed at 3- and 6-months post baseline. Interview stimuli included personal data of weight and activity graphs, correlations of psychological factors, and self-generated notes and photographs. Interview data were analysed using the Framework Method, applying pre-specified maintenance-relevant theoretical themes. Results: The theoretical Framework provided a good fit for the narratives, with five main themes underpinning successful weight loss maintenance: sustained motivation, effective self-regulation, plentiful resources, habit formation and a supportive environment. Additionally, participants reported an identity shift from being a dieter to accepting a new healthy lifestyle. Goal prioritising and allowing for occasional controlled lapses enhanced weight loss maintenance. Conclusions: This study successfully used the novel method of data-prompted interviews to explore weight loss maintenance experiences with new explanations emerging from the data. Future research should further develop behaviour change maintenance theory and data-prompted interview method.
Author(s): Kwasnicka D, Dombrowski SU, White M, Sniehotta FF
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Psychology and Health
Year: 2019
Volume: 34
Issue: 8
Pages: 963-982
Online publication date: 23/03/2019
Acceptance date: 23/01/2019
ISSN (print): 0887-0446
ISSN (electronic): 1476-8321
Publisher: Routledge
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/08870446.2019.1579913
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2019.1579913
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