Session 3: Goal Setting; Weighing and Measuring

2016 ◽  
pp. 25-30
Author(s):  
Evan M. Forman ◽  
Meghan L. Butryn
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Total Caloric Intake ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Over Time

This chapter (Session 3) focuses on teaching clients how to set effective weight loss goals by choosing goals that are reasonable, active, short term, and time limited. Methods of evaluating goals are presented, such as tracking progress over time and sharing goals with others. This chapter also discusses the importance of weighing and measuring food and beverages by using measuring utensils or prepackaged meal options to promote accurate recording of total caloric intake.

Session 3: Goal Setting; Weighing and Measuring

2016 ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Evan M. Forman ◽  
Meghan L. Butryn
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Total Caloric Intake ◽  
Food And Beverages ◽  
Over Time

This chapter (Session 3) focuses on teaching clients how to set effective weight loss goals by choosing goals that are reasonable, active, short term, and time limited. Methods of evaluating goals are presented, such as tracking progress over time and sharing goals with others. This chapter also discusses the importance of weighing and measuring food and beverages by using measuring utensils or prepackaged meal options to promote accurate recording of total caloric intake.

SERUM LIPIDS DURING SHORT-TERM HIGH GLUCOSE AND HIGH SUCROSE FEEDING IN INFANTS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-91
Author(s):  
I. Tamir ◽  
D. Epstein ◽  
D. Heldenberg ◽  
O. Levtow ◽  
B. Werbin
Keyword(s):  
High Glucose ◽  
Caloric Intake ◽  
Serum Triglyceride ◽  
Normal Diet ◽  
Total Serum ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Total Caloric Intake ◽  
Sucrose Feeding ◽  
High Sucrose Feeding ◽  
High Sucrose

The effects of short-term high glucose and high sucrose diets on serum lipids were estimated in six healthy infants aged 4 to 11 months. Each carbohydrate-rich diet was given for 5 days and preceded by 3 days of a "normal" diet. During the high CHO feeding, sucrose or glucose supplied 73% of the total caloric intake, while on the "normal" diet only 40% for the total caloric intake was derived from CHO (glucose only). The percentage of total caloric intake supplied by protein was almost identical in the three diets used. An increase in serum triglyceride (TG) concentration, of almost equal magnitude, was seen following both high CHO feeding periods. Upon resumption of the "normal" diet, serum TG concentrations approached initial concentrations. No consistent changes occurred in total serum cholesterol concentrations or in total serum phospholipid concentrations. A significant increase in the percentage concentration of palmitoleic acid of serum triglyceride fatty acids occurred on both high CHO diets. This increase was slightly but not significantly greater following high sucrose feeding. A significant decrease in the percentage concentration of linoleic acid of serum triglyceride fatty acids occurred on both high CHO diets. This decrease was slightly but not significantly greater following high sucrose feeding. Therefore, it seems that on a short-term basis, high sucrose and high glucose feeding, in healthy infants, will result in similar changes in serum triglyceride concentrations and serum triglyceride fatty acid patterns.

scholarly journals How Do Emotions during Goal Pursuit in Weight Change over Time? Retrospective Computational Text Analysis of Goal Setting and Striving Conversations with a Coach during a Mobile Weight Loss Program

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 6600
Author(s):  
Heather Behr ◽  
Annabell Suh Ho ◽  
Ellen Siobhan Mitchell ◽  
Qiuchen Yang ◽  
Laura DeLuca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Goal Setting ◽  
Text Analysis ◽  
Positive Emotion ◽  
Negative Emotion ◽  
Goal Pursuit ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Emotion Words ◽  
Over Time

During behavioral weight management, individuals reflect on their progress and barriers through goal pursuit (goal setting and goal striving). Emotions during goal pursuit are largely unknown, and previous investigations of emotions in weight management have primarily relied on self-report. In this retrospective study, we used a well-validated computational text analysis approach to explore how emotion words changed over time during goal setting and striving conversations with a coach in a mobile weight loss program. Linear mixed models examined changes in emotion words each month from baseline to program end and compared emotion words between individuals who set an overall concrete goal for the program (concrete goal setters) and those who set an overall abstract goal (abstract goal setters). Contrary to findings using self-report, positive emotion words were stable and negative emotion words significantly increased over time. There was a marginal trend towards greater negative emotion word use being associated with greater weight loss. Concrete goal setters used more positive words than abstract goal setters, with no differences in negative emotion words and weight loss. Implications include the possibility that individuals may need increasing support over time for negative emotions expressed during goal setting and striving, and concrete goals could boost positive emotion. Future research should investigate these possibilities.

SHORT-TERM WEIGHT LOSS OF THE ENDOSCOPIC SLEEVE GASTROPLASTY FOR PRIMARY OBESITY

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
AJ del Pozo-Garcia ◽  
DR de la Cruz ◽  
T Valdés-Lacasa ◽  
S Nevado ◽  
R Polanco ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Endoscopic Sleeve Gastroplasty ◽  
Sleeve Gastroplasty

Short-term weight loss after hospitalization predicts long-term survival in patients with chronic heart failure

2006 ◽  
Vol 31 (03) ◽  
Author(s):  
M Lainscak ◽  
S von Haehling ◽  
A Sandek ◽  
I Keber ◽  
M Kerbev ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Chronic Heart Failure ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Survival ◽  
Long Term Survival

The Short-Term and Long-Term Impacts of Sarbanes-Oxley Act on Composition and Characteristics of Corporate Board of Directors

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halil Kaya ◽  
Gaurango Banerjee
Keyword(s):  
Board Composition ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Corporate Accountability ◽  
Corporate Board ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Dual Roles ◽  
Board Characteristics ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Over Time

The paper examines the Sarbanes-Oxley (2002) Acts immediate impact on board composition and characteristics as well as possible reversals in its impact over time. Effects on directors age and tenure are analyzed over the 2001-06 sample period. Female participation in corporate boards is also studied in the pre-SOX and post-SOX periods. The dual roles of directors in being a member of the board as well as serving as either CEO, CFO, Chairman, Co-Chair, Founder, or Lead Director of their respective companies is also examined. We observe a short-term impact of SOX on board compositions due to changes seen in board characteristics between 2001 (pre-SOX), and 2003-05 short-term period (post-SOX). Also, we observe a reversal of board characteristics in 2006 to pre-SOX levels implying that the effects of SOX on board composition were short-lived, and needs to be monitored over time to ensure adherence to corporate accountability guidelines over the long-term.

scholarly journals Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability

2021 ◽  
pp. 089020702110173
Author(s):  
Nadin Beckmann ◽  
Damian P Birney ◽  
Amirali Minbashian ◽  
Jens F Beckmann
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
Cognitive Ability ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Limited Evidence ◽  
Short Term ◽  
State Data ◽  
The Status ◽  
Over Time ◽  
Trait Variability

The study aimed to investigate the status of within-person state variability in neuroticism and conscientiousness as individual differences constructs by exploring their (a) temporal stability, (b) cross-context consistency, (c) empirical links to selected antecedents, and (d) empirical links to longer term trait variability. Employing a sample of professionals ( N = 346) from Australian organisations, personality state data together with situation appraisals were collected using experience sampling methodology in field and repeatedly in lab-like settings. Data on personality traits, cognitive ability, and motivational mindsets were collected at baseline and after two years. Contingent (situation contingencies) and non-contingent (relative SD) state variability indices were relatively stable over time and across contexts. Only a small number of predictive effects of state variability were observed, and these differed across contexts. Cognitive ability appeared to be associated with state variability under lab-like conditions. There was limited evidence of links between short-term state and long-term trait variability, except for a small effect for neuroticism. Some evidence of positive manifold was found for non-contingent variability. Systematic efforts are required to further elucidate the complex pattern of results regarding the antecedents, correlates and outcomes of individual differences in state variability.

scholarly journals The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Mammographic Density during a Premenopausal Weight Loss Intervention Study

Cancers ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (13) ◽  
pp. 3245
Author(s):  
Emma C. Atakpa ◽  
Adam R. Brentnall ◽  
Susan Astley ◽  
Jack Cuzick ◽  
D. Gareth Evans ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Body Mass Index ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
Body Mass ◽  
Breast Density ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
Weight Loss Intervention ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Dense Area ◽  
Short Term Change ◽  
Term Change

We evaluated the association between short-term change in body mass index (BMI) and breast density during a 1 year weight-loss intervention (Manchester, UK). We included 65 premenopausal women (35–45 years, ≥7 kg adult weight gain, family history of breast cancer). BMI and breast density (semi-automated area-based, automated volume-based) were measured at baseline, 1 year, and 2 years after study entry (1 year post intervention). Cross-sectional (between-women) and short-term change (within-women) associations between BMI and breast density were measured using repeated-measures correlation coefficients and multivariable linear mixed models. BMI was positively correlated with dense volume between-women (r = 0.41, 95%CI: 0.17, 0.61), but less so within-women (r = 0.08, 95%CI: −0.16, 0.28). There was little association with dense area (between-women r = −0.12, 95%CI: −0.38, 0.16; within-women r = 0.01, 95%CI: −0.24, 0.25). BMI and breast fat were positively correlated (volume: between r = 0.77, 95%CI: 0.69, 0.84, within r = 0.58, 95%CI: 0.36, 0.75; area: between r = 0.74, 95%CI: 0.63, 0.82, within r = 0.45, 95%CI: 0.23, 0.63). Multivariable models reported similar associations. Exploratory analysis suggested associations between BMI gain from 20 years and density measures (standard deviation change per +5 kg/m2 BMI: dense area: +0.61 (95%CI: 0.12, 1.09); fat volume: −0.31 (95%CI: −0.62, 0.00)). Short-term BMI change is likely to be positively associated with breast fat, but we found little association with dense tissue, although power was limited by small sample size.

scholarly journals Leaching Rate of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) from Marine Paint Chips

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allen D. Uhler ◽  
Jeffery H. Hardenstine ◽  
Deborah A. Edwards ◽  
Guilherme R. Lotufo
Keyword(s):  
Polychlorinated Biphenyls ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Leaching Rate ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Aroclor 1254 ◽  
Maintenance And Repair ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Vessel Bottom ◽  
Dissolved Phase ◽  
Over Time

AbstractPolychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were added to certain marine vessel bottom paints as a plasticizer to improve the adhesion and durability of the paint. The most common PCB formulation used to amend such paints was Aroclor 1254. Fugitive Aroclor-containing paint chips generated from vessel maintenance and repair operations represent a potential source of PCB contamination to sediments. Limited published studies indicate that Aroclor-containing paint is largely inert and exhibits low PCB leaching into water; however, the rate and degree of leaching of PCBs from paint chips have not been directly studied. This laboratory-based study evaluated the rate and extent of leaching of PCBs from paint chips into freshwater. The results of this investigation demonstrate that the rate of PCB dissolution from paint chips decreased rapidly and exponentially over time. Based on this study, it is estimated that the rate of leaching of PCBs from paint chips would cease after approximately 3 years of exposure to water. When all leachable PCBs were exhausted, it is estimated that less than 1% of the mass of PCBs in the paint chips was amenable to dissolution. The results of this experiment suggest that Aroclor-containing paint chips found in sediments are likely short-term sources of dissolved-phase PCB to pore or surface waters and that the majority of the PCBs in paint chips remain in the paint matrix and unavailable for partitioning into water. Graphic Abstract

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