Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2013
Combining behavioral weight loss treatment and a commercial program: a randomized clinical trial.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness of peer-supported interventions for encouraging dietary behaviour change in adults: a systematic review.Public health nutrition · 2019Pooled it
- Effective components of nurse-coordinated care to prevent recurrent coronary events: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Heart (British Cardiac Society) · 2016Pooled it
- Efficacy of commercial weight-loss programs: an updated systematic review.Annals of internal medicine · 2015Pooled it
- An Evaluation of a Personalized Multicomponent Commercial Digital Weight Management Program: Single-Arm Behavioral Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2023Trial
- Efficacy of a Commercial Weight Management Program Compared With a Do-It-Yourself Approach: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Comparison of Two Diet and Exercise Approaches on Weight Loss and Health Outcomes in Obese Women.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Randomized Controlled Trial Examining the Ripple Effect of a Nationally Available Weight Management Program on Untreated Spouses.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Trial
- Comparison of Commercial and Self-Initiated Weight Loss Programs in People With Prediabetes: A Randomized Control Trial.American journal of public health · 2016Trial
- Healthy eating and lifestyle in pregnancy (HELP): a protocol for a cluster randomised trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a weight management intervention in pregnancy.BMC public health · 2014Trial
- A brief online tool to increase behavioral weight loss treatment initiation: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Is Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus a Behavioural Disorder? An Evidence Review for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Prevention and Remission through Lifestyle Modification.TouchREVIEWS in endocrinology · 2023Review
- Recovery from weight regain among long-term weight loss maintainers in WW.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Article
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- Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults.Journal of obesity · 2020Article
- Comparative effectiveness trial comparing MyPlate to calorie counting for mostly low-income Latino primary care patients of a federally qualified community health center: study design, baseline characteristics.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Pilot randomised controlled trial of Weight Watchers® referral with or without dietitian-led group support for weight loss in women treated for breast cancer: the BRIGHT (BReast cancer weIGHT loss) trial.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2019Article
- Fad Diets: Hype or Hope?Current nutrition reports · 2018Review
- Implementing an Online Weight-Management Intervention to an Employee Population: Initial Experience with Real Appeal.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- Treatment of Obesity in Patients With Diabetes.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the hypothesis that a novel weight loss approach that combined the fundamental components of professionally delivered behavioral weight loss (BWL) treatment with the existing Weight Watchers (WW) program would produce better weight losses than WW alone no differences were expected between the novel treatment and BWL alone. DESIGN AND
methodsParticipants were 141 overweight and obese adults (90% women, 67% non-White, mean age = 49.7 ± 9.2 years, mean body mass index = 36.2 ± 5.5 kg/m(2) ) randomly assigned to 48 weeks of BWL, 48 weeks of WW, or 12 weeks of BWL followed by 36 weeks of WW [combined treatment (CT)]. Assessments were conducted at baseline and weeks 12, 24, and 48, with weight change as the primary outcome.
resultsLinear mixed model analysis showed that 24-week weight losses did not differ significantly between treatment groups; however, weight losses at 48 weeks were greater in the WW group (M = -6.0 kg, standard error (SE) = 0.8) compared with the CT group (M = -3.6 kg, SE = 0.8; P = 0.032), with BWL not significantly different from either (M = -5.4 kg, SE = 0.8). Further, a greater proportion of WW participants lost 10% of baseline weight by 48 weeks compared with BWL or CT (36.7%, 13.0%, and 15.2%, respectively, P < 0.05).
conclusionThis study shows that the WW program can produce clinically meaningful weight losses and provides no evidence that adding brief BWL to the WW program improves outcome.
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