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The Impact of Regular Self-weighing on Weight Management: A Systematic Literature Review

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, November 2008
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  • In the top 5% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
  • One of the highest-scoring outputs from this source (#8 of 2,116)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age (99th percentile)
  • High Attention Score compared to outputs of the same age and source (99th percentile)

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85 news outlets
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3 blogs
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7 X users
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1 Facebook page
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3 YouTube creators

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Title
The Impact of Regular Self-weighing on Weight Management: A Systematic Literature Review
Published in
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, November 2008
DOI 10.1186/1479-5868-5-54
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Authors

Jeffrey J VanWormer, Simone A French, Mark A Pereira, Ericka M Welsh

Abstract

Regular self-weighing has been a focus of attention recently in the obesity literature. It has received conflicting endorsement in that some researchers and practitioners recommend it as a key behavioral strategy for weight management, while others caution against its use due to its potential to cause negative psychological consequences associated with weight management failure. The evidence on frequent self-weighing, however, has not yet been synthesized. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the evidence regarding the use of regular self-weighing for both weight loss and weight maintenance.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 <1%
United States 1 <1%
Portugal 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Unknown 118 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 21 17%
Student > Master 20 16%
Researcher 16 13%
Student > Bachelor 11 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 8%
Other 31 25%
Unknown 13 11%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 32 26%
Psychology 20 16%
Nursing and Health Professions 13 11%
Sports and Recreations 10 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 6 5%
Other 26 21%
Unknown 15 12%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 669. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 February 2024.
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#31,678
of 25,374,917 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#8
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#35
of 105,517 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
#1
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