Why the study?
Does the addition of self-control skills training to a lifestyle change intervention improve cardiovascular risk reduction in obese, sedentary, postmenopausal women?
Population
n=44 obese, sedentary, postmenopausal women
Comparison
6-month lifestyle change intervention with… vs 6-month lifestyle change intervention alone
Design
RCT, randomly assigned
Follow-up
1-year posttreatment
Authors
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Self-control training adds no benefit to lifestyle change for CV risk reduction; confirms short-term gains but leaves open maintenance strategies.
Does the addition of self-control skills training to a lifestyle change intervention improve cardiovascular risk reduction in obese, sedentary, postmenopausal women?
A 6-month lifestyle change intervention improves cardiovascular risk factors in obese, sedentary postmenopausal women, but adding self-control skills training does not provide further benefit and weight regain is common at 1 year.
Carels et al. (2004) studied this question.
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