Weight Loss Study with 382 Women Reveals Key Insights for Women Wishing to Lose Weight

A recent study undertaken by the revolutionary weight loss franchise, Healthy Inspirations, has indicated that women who received individual support together with an exercise and personalised dietary plan over a four week period increased their ability to lose weight and confidence to continue with the program.

The study took place across 10 Health Inspirations centres in Australia and New Zealand that saw a total of 382 women self select one of three groups in which to participate. None of the women were members of Healthy Inspirations centres.

Group 1 involved exercise three times a week only; Group 2 involved the same exercise plan, plus a personalised diet plan and support and coaching sessions over the phone three times per week; while Group 3 involved the same exercise plan and personalised diet plan as well as individual face-to-face support and coaching sessions three times per week.

According to Managing Director of Healthy Inspirations, Jamie Hayes, Group 1 lost the least amount of weight (an average weight loss of 1.118kg compared to an average of 2.381kg for Group 2, and an average of 2.785kg for Group 3), which supports the well-documented theory that exercise without any dietary intervention will not result in desirable weight loss.

Mr Hayes said that a “quality of life” questionnaire completed by the participants both before and after the study period indicated that participants who received individual support (76.6%) were the most likely to experience an improvement in confidence to exercise (compared with 67.1% reporting an increase in Group 2 and 63.7% in Group 3).

In addition, and not surprisingly according to Mr Hayes, the Group 3 participants who took part in face to face support sessions reported a higher level of accountability to the program, and were more likely to complete the four week program (78.0% in Group 3 completed the program, compared with 69.1% in Group 2 and 60.9% in Group 1).

“The study indicates that weight loss results will be faster and more reliable when exercise is complemented by both dietary intervention and high-frequency face to face support, and this supports our approach at Healthy Inspirations centres,” Mr Hayes said.

There are 34 Healthy Inspirations centres across Australia and New Zealand, delivering the revolutionary 3 in 1 weight loss solution for women, called The Great Shape Program. Of all the weight loss programs available to women, only Healthy Inspirations integrates the three essential strategies for effective weight loss: diet, exercise and high frequency coaching. Members of Health Inspirations centres have lost a total of over 100,000 kilos so far.

Contacts for Comment

Technical: Robyn Jordan
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Media: Jamie Hayes
Managing Director – This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Phone: (61) 7 3870 5528