The utility of lifestyle-based health promotion interventions is directly affected by participant
adherence to prescribed behavior changes. Unfortunately, poor adherence to behaviors …

This review aims to provide an overview of the factors associated with adherence reported in
existing literature on lifestyle modification programs for weight management among the adult …

Background Individual barriers to weight loss and physical activity goals in the Diabetes
Prevention Program, a randomized trial with 3.2 years average treatment duration, have not …

Background Adhering to weight loss interventions is difficult for many people. The majority of
those who are overweight or obese and attempt to lose weight are simply not successful …

Objectives: To describe participants' adherence to multiple components (attendance, energy
intake, fat gram, exercise goals, and self-monitoring eating and exercise behaviors) of a …

Lifestyle intervention programmes are efficacious in the management of obesity but often
report poor attendance and adherence rates that hinder treatment effectiveness and health …

Background: Data are limited as to whether participants in diet trials truly adhere to their
assigned diet and the factors that affect their adherence. Methods: We evaluated success …

Relationships, jobs, and health behaviors-these are what New Year's resolutions are made
of. Every year millions resolve to adopt a better diet, exercise more, become fit, or lose …

Interventions to change health behaviors have had limited success to date at establishing
enduring healthy lifestyle habits. Despite successfully increasing people's knowledge and …

Measuring adherence to medical and behavioral interventions is important to clinicians and
researchers since inadequate adherence can reduce the effectiveness of an intervention …