Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2014
Comparative effectiveness of three doses of weight-loss counseling: two-year findings from the rural LITE trial.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00912652 (Rural Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Effectiveness Trial), which is not on this map. Cited by 35 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Rural Lifestyle Intervention Treatment Effectiveness Trial
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 62 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of the Evidence for Non-surgical Weight Management for Adults with Severe Obesity: What is Cost Effective and What are the Implications for the Design of Health Services?Current obesity reports · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of economic analyses of psychological interventions and therapies in health-related settings.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Does weight management research for adults with severe obesity represent them? Analysis of systematic review data.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Motivational interviewing in eHealth and telehealth interventions for weight loss: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2019Pooled 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
- Effects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2017Pooled it
- Cost-Effectiveness of Two Iterations of a Community-Based Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Intervention.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2026Trial
- Brief coaching intervention to reverse weight regain during weight loss maintenance: a preliminary randomized controlled trial.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
- The mediating role of social support in behavioral changes and weight loss outcomes among overweight Appalachian adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2025Trial
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- Effectiveness of a worksite lifestyle intervention to reduce BMI among farmworkers in California: a cluster randomised controlled trial.Public health nutrition · 2022Trial
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- A Factorial Experiment to Optimize Remotely Delivered Behavioral Treatment for Obesity: Results of the Opt-IN Study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of Three Doses of a Behavioral Intervention to Prevent or Delay Type 2 Diabetes in Rural Areas.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2020Trial
- Effect of Telehealth Extended Care for Maintenance of Weight Loss in Rural US Communities: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- Effect of dose of behavioral weight loss treatment on glycemic control in adults with prediabetes.BMJ open diabetes research & care · 2019Trial
- Dose, Content, and Mediators of Family-Based Treatment for Childhood Obesity: A Multisite Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA pediatrics · 2017Trial
- Comparison of an alternative schedule of extended care contacts to a self-directed control: a randomized trial of weight loss maintenance.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Trial
- Weight loss maintenance strategies among rural breast cancer survivors: The rural women connecting for better health trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Trial
- Effects of maternal lifestyle intervention during pregnancy on untreated partner weight: Results from fit for delivery study.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2016Trial
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11 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the effects and costs of three doses of behavioral weight-loss treatment delivered via Cooperative Extension Offices in rural communities.
methodsObese adults (N = 612) were randomly assigned to low, moderate, or high doses of behavioral treatment (i.e., 16, 32, or 48 sessions over two years) or to a control condition that received nutrition education without instruction in behavior modification strategies.
resultsTwo-year mean reductions in initial body weight were 2.9% (95% Credible Interval = 1.7-4.3), 3.5% (2.0-4.8), 6.7% (5.3-7.9), and 6.8% (5.5-8.1) for the control, low-, moderate-, and high-dose conditions, respectively. The moderate-dose treatment produced weight losses similar to the high-dose condition and significantly larger than the low-dose and control conditions (posterior probability > 0.996). The percentages of participants who achieved weight reductions ≥ 5% at two years were significantly higher in the moderate-dose (58%) and high-dose (58%) conditions compared with low-dose (43%) and control (40%) conditions (posterior probability > 0.996). Cost-effectiveness analyses favored the moderate-dose treatment over all other conditions.
conclusionsA moderate dose of behavioral treatment produced two-year weight reductions comparable to high-dose treatment but at a lower cost. These findings have important policy implications for the dissemination of weight-loss interventions into communities with limited resources.
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