Cross-cultural differences in weight loss maintenance: a comparison between North America and Europe

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Authors

Suzanne Phelan

Michelle I. Cardel · University of Florida Health

Alexandra Lee · International Center of New York

Noemi Alarcon · California Polytechnic State University

Nicholas A Elich · California Polytechnic State University

Mark Hiroshi Sugita Troftgruben · California Polytechnic State University

Gary D. Foster · University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

Weight loss maintainers in North America and Europe differed in restaurant eating and self-weighing practices but otherwise reported similar behavioral, psychological, and environmental strategies.

Topics & Keywords

Obesity and Health Practices Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Eating Disorders and Behaviors

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Climate action

Publication Details

Published in: International Journal of Obesity

Volume 49, Issue 7, pp. 1297-1306

DOI: 10.1038/s41366-025-01770-0

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