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Portion Control Pays Off in Weight Loss
Portion Control Pays Off in Weight Loss -- Posted by Gumbo on 10-31-04 05:13
Portion Control Pays Off in Weight Loss
Controlling Portion Size Helps Promote Lasting Weight Loss
By Jennifer Warner
WebMD Medical News Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD
on Friday, October 15, 2004
Oct. 15, 2004 -- Controlling portion size may be the single most effective
thing you can do to promote lasting weight loss, a new study shows.
Researchers found overweight people who spent the most efforts in
controlling the portion size of what they ate were more likely to lose
weight and keep it off. Although increasing planned exercise also help
people shed pounds, researchers found portion control efforts seem to offer
the biggest payoff.
"Portion control may be behaviorally easier to change than increasing
planned exercise for many obese individuals," says researcher Everett Logue,
PhD, of Summa Health System in Akron, Ohio, in a news release. "However,
other research suggests that planned exercise is an important component of
long-term weight management."
The results of the study appear in the Sept. 9 issue of Obesity Research.
Portion Control Promotes Weight Loss
In the study, researchers followed nearly 300 obese and overweight adults as
they entered a weight loss program. All of the participants received
instruction in five different weight loss strategies, including:
a.. Increasing planned exercise (walking)
b.. Increasing regular physical activity (incidental walking associated
with chores or work)
c.. Cutting back on fat in the diet
d.. Eating more fruits and vegetables
e.. Increasing portion control in the diet
After two years of follow up, researchers found those participants who spent
the most time actively controlling portion size during their weight loss and
maintenance efforts were more likely to lose weight.
The study showed 38% of obese people who consistently spent the two years
practicing food portion control lost 5% or more of their body weight during
the study.
In contrast, 33% of the participants who did not consistently practice
portion control gained 5% or more of their weight during the study.
Practicing the other strategies also increased the likelihood of losing
weight, but controlling portion size had the greatest impact.
"The message in the study is that you have to eat fewer calories and/or burn
more calories if you want to loss weight," says Logue. "There are no short
cuts. However, there are multiple ways of eating fewer calories and/or
burning more calories. The trick is to find a way of eating and exercising
that works for you that you can maintain for a lifetime."
"You cannot rely on the overeating and sedentary signals that the
environment is constantly sending," says Logue. "You cannot follow the
crowd, because the crowd is getting more overweight each year."
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SOURCES: Logue, E. Obesity Research, September 2004; vol 12: pp 1499-1508.
News release, Summa Health System.
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