Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2012
The comparison of a technology-based system and an in-person behavioral weight loss intervention.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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68 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 165 citations in OpenAlex.
- A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Different Online Intervention Modalities for Middle-Aged Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A 20-Year Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of prevention (2022) · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of physical activity monitors in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2022Pooled it
- Obesity paradigm and web-based weight loss programs: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Self-Monitoring via Digital Health in Weight Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Use of Technology-Based Interventions in the Treatment of Patients with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Effects of media-assisted therapeutic approaches on physical activity of obese adults: a systematic review.BMC endocrine disorders · 2020Pooled it
- Understanding the impact of rural weight loss interventions: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019Pooled it
- Consumer-Based Wearable Activity Trackers Increase Physical Activity Participation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Pooled it
- Just-in-Time Feedback in Diet and Physical Activity Interventions: Systematic Review and Practical Design Framework.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Pooled it
- Using an electronic activity monitor system as an intervention modality: A systematic review.BMC public health · 2015Pooled it
- Technology-assisted weight management interventions: systematic review of clinical trials.Telemedicine journal and e-health : the official journal of the American Telemedicine Association · 2014Pooled it
- Transtheoretical model stages of change for dietary and physical exercise modification in weight loss management for overweight and obese adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Addition of Phentermine-Topiramate to a Digitally Enhanced Lifestyle Intervention: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Trial
- Effectiveness of Minimal Contact Interventions: An RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Trial
- Effects of Activity Tracker Use With Health Professional Support or Telephone Counseling on Maintenance of Physical Activity and Health Outcomes in Older Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Counselor Surveillance of Digital Self-Monitoring Data: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Effectiveness of the e-Tabac Info Service application for smoking cessation: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial.BMJ open · 2020Trial
- A randomized clinical trial of mobile phone motivational interviewing for alcohol use problems in Kenya.Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2020Trial
- Defining Adherence to Mobile Dietary Self-Monitoring and Assessing Tracking Over Time: Tracking at Least Two Eating Occasions per Day Is Best Marker of Adherence within Two Different Mobile Health Randomized Weight Loss Interventions.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2019Trial
8 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to compare a technology-based system, an in-person behavioral weight loss intervention, and a combination of both over a 6-month period in overweight adults. Fifty-one subjects (age: 44.2 ± 8.7 years, BMI: 33.7 ± 3.6 kg/m(2)) participated in a 6-month behavioral weight loss program and were randomized to one of three groups: standard behavioral weight loss (SBWL), SBWL plus technology-based system (SBWL+TECH), or technology-based system only (TECH). All groups reduced caloric intake and progressively increased moderate intensity physical activity. SBWL and SBWL+TECH attended weekly meetings. SBWL+TECH also received a TECH that included an energy monitoring armband and website to monitor energy intake and expenditure. TECH used the technology system and received monthly telephone calls. Body weight and physical activity were assessed at 0 and 6 months. Retention at 6 months was significantly different (P = 0.005) between groups (SBWL: 53%, SBWL+TECH: 100%, and TECH: 77%). Intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis revealed significant weight losses at 6 months in SBWL+TECH (-8.8 ± 5.0 kg, -8.7 ± 4.7%), SBWL (-3.7 ± 5.7 kg, -4.1 ± 6.3%), and TECH (-5.8 ± 6.6 kg, -6.3 ± 7.1%) (P < 0.001). Self-report physical activity increased significantly in SBWL (473.9 ± 800.7 kcal/week), SBWL+TECH (713.9 ± 1,278.8 kcal/week), and TECH (1,066.2 ± 1,371 kcal/week) (P < 0.001), with no differences between groups (P = 0.25). The TECH used in conjunction with monthly telephone calls, produced similar, if not greater weight losses and changes in physical activity than the standard in-person behavioral program at 6 months. The use of this technology may provide an effective short-term clinical alternative to standard in-person behavioral weight loss interventions, with the longer term effects warranting investigation.
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