Shourche Raheleh Maddah, Nematy Mohsen, Cox W Miles, Fadardi Javad S
Faculty of Education and Psychology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad 9177948991, Iran.
Department of Nutrition, Mashhad Medical Sciences University, Mashhad 9177899191, Iran.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2024 Aug 20;14(8):724. doi: 10.3390/bs14080724.
Obesity has been shown to have many deleterious physical and psychological consequences.
This study examined the effectiveness of adding the Life Enhancement and Advancement Program (LEAP) to a weight management program.
To evaluate the different components of a weight loss program, this study included four groups: (1) dieting, exercise, and LEAP; (2) dieting, exercise, and sham training; (3) dieting and exercise; and (4) exercise only. An assessment was administered at baseline, post-intervention, and a three-month follow-up.
Forty female participants with a body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 were recruited from a local sports center. They provided informed consent and were randomly assigned to one of the four groups.
Participants' heights were recorded at baseline, and their weight, waist circumference (WC), and BMI were measured at each of the three assessments. Participants completed the Personal Concerns Inventory (PCI) to assess their adaptive motivation at all three assessments.
A MANCOVA indicated that participants who received LEAP along with dieting and exercise had a greater reduction in BMI and WC and improved more in adaptive motivation than the other groups.
The results suggest that adding LEAP to a weight management program enhanced participants' ability to achieve and maintain weight loss. LEAP enabled participants to pursue and achieve their important goals successfully.
肥胖已被证明会产生许多有害的生理和心理后果。
本研究考察了在体重管理计划中加入生活提升与进步计划（LEAP）的效果。
为评估减肥计划的不同组成部分，本研究包括四组：（1）节食、运动和LEAP；（2）节食、运动和假训练；（3）节食和运动；（4）仅运动。在基线、干预后和三个月随访时进行评估。
从当地体育中心招募了40名体重指数（BMI）≥25的女性参与者。她们提供了知情同意书，并被随机分配到四组中的一组。
在基线时记录参与者的身高，并在三次评估中的每次评估时测量她们的体重、腰围（WC）和BMI。参与者在所有三次评估中都完成了个人关注量表（PCI）以评估她们的适应性动机。
一项协方差分析表明，与节食和运动一起接受LEAP的参与者在BMI和WC方面的降低幅度更大，并且在适应性动机方面的改善比其他组更多。
结果表明，在体重管理计划中加入LEAP可增强参与者实现并维持体重减轻的能力。LEAP使参与者能够成功地追求并实现他们的重要目标。
