ArticleJournal of medical Internet research2010
Associations of internet website use with weight change in a long-term weight loss maintenance program.
Article in Journal of medical Internet research, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00054925 (Weight Loss Maintenance), which is not on this map. Cited by 64 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Weight Loss Maintenance (WLM)
Who cites it
64 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Identifying Social Media-Based Interactions That Help Adults to Adhere to Weight Loss Goals: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
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- Conceptualising engagement with digital behaviour change interventions: a systematic review using principles from critical interpretive synthesis.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Pooled it
- The Effectiveness of Prompts to Promote Engagement With Digital Interventions: A Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Pooled it
- Persuasive system design does matter: a systematic review of adherence to web-based interventions.Journal of medical Internet research · 2012Pooled it
- Interactive computer-based interventions for weight loss or weight maintenance in overweight or obese people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2012Pooled it
- Considering depression as a risk factor for early disengagement in a 12-month eHealth weight loss intervention.Journal of health psychology · 2026Trial
- Website Use and Associations With Behavior Change and Weight Loss in Cancer Survivors and Their Partners: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Use, Usability, and Experience Testing of a Digital Health Intervention to Support Chronic Kidney Disease Self-Management: Mixed Methods Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Studying the Digital Intervention Engagement-Mediated Relationship Between Intrapersonal Measures and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Adherence in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth: Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Trial
- Personalized Mobile Health Intervention for Health and Weight Loss in Postpartum Women Receiving Women, Infants, and Children Benefit: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2017Trial
- Does Usage of an eHealth Intervention Reduce the Risk of Excessive Gestational Weight Gain? Secondary Analysis From a Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2017Trial
- Web-Based Interventions Alone or Supplemented with Peer-Led Support or Professional Email Counseling for Weight Loss and Weight Maintenance in Women from Rural Communities: Results of a Clinical Trial.Journal of obesity · 2017Trial
- Three-Year Follow-Up of Participants from a Self-Weighing Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of obesity · 2017Trial
- Psychosocial predictors of weight regain in the weight loss maintenance trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2014Trial
- How an online intervention to prevent excessive gestational weight gain is used and by whom: a randomized controlled process evaluation.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Effectiveness of a web- and mobile phone-based intervention to promote physical activity and healthy eating in middle-aged males: randomized controlled trial of the ManUp study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2014Trial
- Are we sure that Mobile Health is really mobile? An examination of mobile device use during two remotely-delivered weight loss interventions.International journal of medical informatics · 2014Trial
- Greater weight loss with increasing age in the weight loss maintenance trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2014Trial
- A web-based weight loss programme including breakfast cereals results in greater loss of body mass than a standardised web-based programme in a randomised controlled trial.Obesity facts · 2014Trial
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Abstract
backgroundThe Weight Loss Maintenance Trial (WLM) compared two long-term weight-maintenance interventions, a personal contact arm and an Internet arm, with a no-treatment control after an initial six-month Phase I weight loss program. The Internet arm focused on use of an interactive website for support of long-term weight maintenance. There is limited information about patterns of website use and specific components of an interactive website that might help promote maintenance of weight loss.
objectiveThis paper presents a secondary analysis of the subset of participants in the Internet arm and focuses on website use patterns and features associated with long-term weight maintenance.
methodsAdults at risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) who lost at least 4 kilograms in an initial 20-week group-based, behavioral weight-loss program were trained to use an interactive website for weight loss maintenance. Of the 348 participants, 37% were male and 38% were African American. Mean weight loss was 8.6 kilograms. Participants were encouraged to log in at least weekly and enter a current weight for the 30-month study period. The website contained features that encouraged setting short-term goals, creating action plans, and reinforcing self-management habits. The website also included motivational modules, daily tips, and tailored messages. Based on log-in and weight-entry frequency, we divided participants into three website use categories: consistent, some, and minimal.
resultsParticipants in the consistent user group (n = 212) were more likely to be older (P = .002), other than African American (P = .02), and more educated (P = .01). While there was no significant difference between website use categories in the amount of Phase I change in body weight (P = .45) or income (P = .78), minimal website users (n = 75) were significantly more likely to have attended fewer Phase I sessions (P = .001) and had a higher initial body mass index (BMI) (P < .001). After adjusting for baseline characteristics including initial BMI, variables most associated with less weight regain included: number of log-ins (P = .001), minutes on the website (P < .001), number of weight entries (P = .002), number of exercise entries (P < .001), and sessions with additional use of website features after weight entry (P = .002).
conclusionParticipants defined as consistent website users of an interactive behavioral website designed to promote maintenance of weight loss were more successful at maintaining long-term weight loss.
trial registrationNCT00054925; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00054925 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5rC7523ue).
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