Dietary self-monitoring and long-term success with weight management.

Objective: To examine the contributions of frequency, consistency, and comprehensiveness of dietary self-monitoring to long-term weight change.

Methods: Participants included 220 obese women (mean ± SD, age = 59.3 ± 6.

Differential response of African American and Caucasian women to extended-care programs for obesity management.

Objective: The current study examined ethnic differences in patterns of weight loss and regain in response to an initial behavioral weight loss intervention followed by an extended-care maintenance program.

Methods: We analyzed data from 224 women (African American n = 43, Caucasian n = 181) from rural communities who participated in an initial 6-month lifestyle intervention for obesity and were then randomized to a face-to-face, telephone, or educational/control extended-care condition.

Results: African American participants lost less weight during the initial phase of treatment than Caucasian participants (mean +/- SE = -6.