SynthesisScientific reports2026
The effects of exercise interventions on weight regain after weight loss: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
To systematically evaluate the effects of exercise during the post-weight-loss maintenance phase on weight regain. This study was registered in PROSPERO (CRD420251240526) and reported in accordance with the PRISMA statement. We searched PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, the Cochrane Library, and CNKI from database inception to October 19, 2025. Randomized controlled trials investigating exercise interventions during the weight-maintenance phase after successful weight loss in individuals with overweight/obesity were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool for randomized trials, RoB 2.0. Eleven trials involving 568 participants were included. Meta-analysis showed that the exercise group experienced significantly less weight regain than the control group (MD = - 2.81 kg, 95% CI: -5.12 to - 0.51; I² = 0%). Evidence for fat-mass reduction remained inconclusive because the primary random-effects analysis was non-significant and substantial heterogeneity was present (MD = - 3.39 kg, 95% CI: -7.24 to 0.46; I² = 69%). Exercise confer a small but consistent benefit for weight maintenance after weight loss; however, evidence for improvements in fat mass remains inconclusive. Further trials with longer follow-up, standardized exercise prescriptions, objective adherence monitoring, and harmonized body-composition assessment are warranted.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What Socratic holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.