Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2014
Weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology: design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial - Cell Phone Intervention for You (CITY).
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Cell Phone Intervention in Young Adults
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile health (m-health) smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Healthy Eating Index Diet Quality in Randomized Weight Loss Trials: A Systematic Review.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2019Pooled it
- Mobile phone intervention and weight loss among overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.American journal of epidemiology · 2015Pooled it
- A Secondary Data Analysis Examining Young Adults' Performance in an Internet Weight Loss Program with Financial Incentives.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Recruitment of young adults for weight gain prevention: randomized comparison of direct mail strategies.Trials · 2016Trial
- Cell phone intervention for you (CITY): A randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2015Trial
- A web- and mobile phone-based intervention to prevent obesity in 4-year-olds (MINISTOP): a population-based randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2015Trial
- Risk of premature cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in young adults, association with risk factor prevalence early in life.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Psychological approaches to obesity in young adults: state of the art.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Identifying the behavior change techniques used in obesity interventions: An example from the EARLY trials.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- The Effectiveness of a Web-Based Application for a Balanced Diet and Healthy Weight Among Indonesian Pregnant Women: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR formative research · 2023Article
- Review of the Scientific Literature on Young Adults Related to Cardiovascular Disease Intervention.Asian/Pacific Island nursing journal · 2020Article
- The Association Between Engagement and Weight Loss Through Personal Coaching and Cell Phone Interventions in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2018Article
- Assessment of Health Information Technology Interventions in Evidence-Based Medicine: A Systematic Review by Adopting a Methodological Evaluation Framework.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2018Review
- NIH support of mobile, imaging, pervasive sensing, social media and location tracking (MISST) research: laying the foundation to examine research ethics in the digital age.NPJ digital medicine · 2018Article
- Characteristics of Smartphone Applications for Nutrition Improvement in Community Settings: A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Article
- Accuracy of Weight Perception Among American Indian Tribal College Students.American journal of preventive medicine · 2016Observational
- Young Adults' Attitudes and Perceptions of Obesity and Weight Management: Implications for Treatment Development.Current obesity reports · 2016Review
- Adaptive intervention design in mobile health: Intervention design and development in the Cell Phone Intervention for You trial.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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19 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, leading to significant public health implications later in adulthood. Intervention in early adulthood may be an effective public health strategy for reducing the long-term health impact of the epidemic. Few weight loss trials have been conducted in young adults. It is unclear what weight loss strategies are beneficial in this population. PURPOSE: To describe the design and rationale of the NHLBI-sponsored Cell Phone Intervention for You (CITY) study, which is a single center, randomized three-arm trial that compares the impact on weight loss of 1) a behavioral intervention that is delivered almost entirely via cell phone technology (Cell Phone group); and 2) a behavioral intervention delivered mainly through monthly personal coaching calls enhanced by self-monitoring via cell phone (Personal Coaching group), each compared to 3) a usual care, advice-only control condition.
methodsA total of 365 community-dwelling overweight/obese adults aged 18-35 years were randomized to receive one of these three interventions for 24 months in parallel group design. Study personnel assessing outcomes were blinded to group assignment. The primary outcome is weight change at 24 [corrected] months. We hypothesize that each active intervention will cause more weight loss than the usual care condition. Study completion is anticipated in 2014.
conclusionsIf effective, implementation of the CITY interventions could mitigate the alarming rates of obesity in young adults through promotion of weight loss. ClinicalTrial.gov: NCT01092364.
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