Characteristics associated with excessive weight gain after smoking cessation in men

G.E. Swan and D. Carmelli

American Journal of Public Health, 1995, vol. 85, issue 1, 73-77

Abstract: Objectives. Data from two surveys of the National Academy of Sciences- National Research Council Twin Registry, conducted 16 years apart, were used to determine characteristics of individuals that were predictive of excessive weight gain after smoking cessation. Methods. Over the follow-up, 2179 men quit smoking and averaged a weight gain of 3.5 kg. Quitters were grouped into four categories of weight change: lost weight, no change, gained weight, and excessive weight gain ('super-gainers'). Results. In comparison with quitters reporting no change in weight, super-gainers were younger, were of lower socioeconomic status, and differed on a number of health habits before quitting (all Ps

Date: 1995
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