ArticleTranslational behavioral medicine2014
The EARLY trials: a consortium of studies targeting weight control in young adults.
Article in Translational behavioral medicine, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 79 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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79 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 95 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Changes in physical activity, diet, and body weight across the education and employment transitions of early adulthood: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2020Pooled it
- Weight Management in Young Adults: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Intervention Components and Outcomes.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Changes in consumption of added sugars from age 13 to 30 years: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2017Pooled it
- Adaptive Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Excess Gestational Weight Gain: A Cluster-Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2026Trial
- Weight gain prevention interventions in the Study of Novel Approaches to Weight Gain Prevention (SNAP) trial promote ideal cardiovascular health in young adults.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Trial
- Life events and stress among young adults in weight gain prevention trial.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2023Trial
- Factors associated with weight gain prevention in young adults with serious mental illness.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Recruitment and retention of emerging adults in lifestyle interventions: Findings from the REACH trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2022Trial
- Effect of a Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiometabolic Health Among Emerging Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- The Weight of Racial Discrimination: Examining the Association Between Racial Discrimination and Change in Adiposity Among Emerging Adult Women Enrolled in a Behavioral Weight Loss Program.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2022Trial
- Group Lifestyle Intervention With Mobile Health for Young Adults With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2022Trial
- Patterns of weight change in a weight gain prevention study for young adults.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Trial
- Effect of tailoring on weight loss among young adults receiving digital interventions: an 18 month randomized controlled trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
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- A Secondary Data Analysis Examining Young Adults' Performance in an Internet Weight Loss Program with Financial Incentives.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Weight Gain Over 6 Years in Young Adults: The Study of Novel Approaches to Weight Gain Prevention Randomized Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Adapting evidence-based behavioral weight loss programs for emerging adults: A pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of health psychology · 2019Trial
- Dietary outcomes within the study of novel approaches to weight gain prevention (SNAP) randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Trial
- The effectiveness of an online intervention in preventing excessive gestational weight gain: the e-moms roc randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2018Trial
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Abstract
Young adulthood has been identified as a high-risk period for the development of obesity but few interventions have been tested in this population. One way to escalate our learning about effective interventions is to test a number of interventions simultaneously as a consortium of research trials. This paper describes the Early Adult Reduction of weight through LifestYle intervention (EARLY) trials. Seven research sites were funded to conduct intervention trials, agreeing to test similar primary outcomes and cooperating to use a set of common measurement tools. The EARLY consortium was able to work cooperatively using an executive committee, a steering committee, workgroups and subcommittees to help direct the common work and implement a set of common protocol and measurement tools for seven independent but coordinated weight-related intervention trials. Using a consortium of studies to help young adults reach or maintain a healthy weight will result in increased efficiency and speed in understanding the most effective intervention strategies.
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