The future of obesity treatment: comment on "Integrating technology into standard weight loss treatment: a randomized controlled trial".

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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. 2026 AHA/ACC/ADA/ASN Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2026
   Guideline
2. The Effect of Tailored, Daily, Smartphone Feedback to Lifestyle Self-Monitoring on Weight Loss at 12 Months: the SMARTER Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022
   Trial
3. Effects of an abbreviated obesity intervention supported by mobile technology: The ENGAGED randomized clinical trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017
   Trial
4. Weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology: design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial - Cell Phone Intervention for You (CITY).Contemporary clinical trials · 2014
   Trial
5. The use of mHealth to deliver tailored messages reduces reported energy and fat intake.The Journal of cardiovascular nursing
   Trial
6. Benchmarking of provider competencies and current training for prevention and management of obesity among family medicine residency programs: a cross-sectional survey.BMC family practice · 2021
   Article
7. Virtual small groups for weight management: an innovative delivery mechanism for evidence-based lifestyle interventions among obese men.Translational behavioral medicine · 2015
   Article
8. Impact of Education on Weight in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes: Every Little Bit Helps.PloS one · 2015
   Article

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  Integrating technology into standard weight loss treatment: a randomized controlled trial.2013

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Funding

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Abstract

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