{"doi":"10.1002/oby.23994","title":"Identification of minimum thresholds for dietary self‐monitoring to promote weight‐loss maintenance","abstract":"Abstract Objective Reduced schedules of dietary self‐monitoring are typically recommended after the end of behavioral weight‐loss programs; however, there exists little empirical evidence to guide these recommendations. Methods We explored potential thresholds for dietary self‐monitoring during a 9‐month maintenance period following a 3‐month weight‐loss program in 74 adults with overweight or obesity (mean [SD] age = 50.7 [10.4] years, BMI = 31.2 [4.5] kg/m 2 ) who were encouraged to self‐monitor weight, dietary intake, and physical activity daily and report their adherence to self‐monitoring each week via a study website. Results Greater self‐monitoring was correlated with less weight regain for thresholds of ≥3 days/week, with the largest benefit observed for thresholds of ≥5 to ≥6 days/week (all p < 0.05); significant weight gain was observed for thresholds of ≥1 to ≥2 days/week, whereas no change in weight was observed for thresholds of ≥3 to ≥4 days/week, and weight loss was observed with thresholds of ≥5 or more days/week. Conclusions Results demonstrate that self‐monitoring at least 3 days/week may be beneficial for supporting long‐term maintenance, although greater benefit (in relation to weight loss) may be realized at thresholds of 5 to 6 days/week. Future research should investigate whether individuals who were randomized to self‐monitor at these different thresholds demonstrate differential patterns of weight‐loss maintenance.","journal":"Obesity","year":2024,"id":453485,"datarank":0.0,"base_score":0.0,"endowment":0.0,"self_citation_contribution":0.0,"citation_network_contribution":0.0,"self_endowment_contribution":0.0,"citer_contribution":0.0,"corpus_percentile":null,"corpus_rank":null,"citation_count":8,"citer_count":0,"citers_with_citation_signal":0,"citers_with_endowment":0,"datacite_reuse_total":0,"is_dataset":false,"is_dataset_confidence":0.9581,"is_data_producer":false,"deposit_databanks":null,"is_oa":true,"file_count":0,"downloads":0,"has_version_chain":false,"published_date":"2024-01-01","fair_score":null,"fair_percentile":null,"algorithm_id":"datarank_citation_only_1hop_v6","ranking_scope":"data_only","authors":[{"id":689104,"name":"Chelsea A. Carpenter","orcid":"0000-0001-8834-7137","position":1,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":452613,"name":"Rebecca A. Krukowski","orcid":"0000-0001-9193-2783","position":2,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":379210,"name":"Kathryn M. Ross","orcid":"0000-0002-3628-766X","position":3,"is_corresponding":false},{"id":1125963,"name":"Kelsey M. Arroyo","orcid":"0000-0002-5571-7960","position":0,"is_corresponding":true}],"reference_count":14,"raw_metadata":null,"created_at":"2026-07-19T02:03:03.428151Z","pmid":"38529540","pmcid":null,"fwci":null,"citation_percentile":null,"influential_citations":0,"oa_status":null,"license":null,"views":0,"total_file_size_bytes":0,"version_count":0,"fair_f":null,"fair_a":null,"fair_i":null,"fair_r":null,"fair_zscore":null,"fair_rationale":null,"fair_model":null,"fair_agent_version":null,"fair_fulltext_source":null,"fair_has_llm":null,"fair_computed_at":null,"clinical_trials":[],"software_tools":[],"db_accessions":[],"linked_datasets":[],"topics":[]}