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Technology-assisted weight management interventions: systematic review of clinical trials.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness of Digital Interventions for Reducing Behavioral Risks of Cardiovascular Disease in Nonclinical Adult Populations: Systematic Review of Reviews.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Pooled it
- Use of Technology-Based Interventions in the Treatment of Patients with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
- Long-Term Weight Management Using Wearable Technology in Overweight and Obese Adults: Systematic Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2020Pooled it
- Behavioral lifestyle interventions for moderate and severe obesity: A systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2017Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Application and Effectiveness of mHealth Interventions for Obesity and Diabetes Treatment and Self-Management.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2017Pooled it
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- Effects of an abbreviated obesity intervention supported by mobile technology: The ENGAGED randomized clinical trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2017Trial
- The Electronic CardioMetabolic Program (eCMP) for Patients With Cardiometabolic Risk: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- Diabetes Prevention and Weight Loss with a Fully Automated Behavioral Intervention by Email, Web, and Mobile Phone: A Randomized Controlled Trial Among Persons with Prediabetes.Journal of medical Internet research · 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
- An updated study protocol for a real-life digital 12-month weight management program, the Healthy Weight Coaching.Annals of medicine · 2024Article
- Nutrition counseling and monitoring via tele-nutrition for healthy diet for people with spinal cord injury: A case series analyses.The journal of spinal cord medicine · 2022Observational
- Informing the Physical Activity Evaluation Framework: A Scoping Review of Reviews.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2022Article
- A randomized controlled trial of an innovative, user-friendly, interactive smartphone app-based lifestyle intervention for weight loss.Obesity science & practice · 2021Article
- What Are We Measuring When We Evaluate Digital Interventions for Improving Lifestyle? A Scoping Meta-Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Impact of a Mobile App-Based Health Coaching and Behavior Change Program on Participant Engagement and Weight Status of Overweight and Obese Children: Retrospective Cohort Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2019Article
- Fit & quit: An efficacy trial of two behavioral post-cessation weight gain interventions.Contemporary clinical trials · 2019Article
- A tailored telephone and email based exercise intervention induced reductions in various measures of body composition in physically inactive adults: A randomized controlled trial.Preventive medicine reports · 2018Article
- Sustainable Lifestyle Change-Participatory Design of Support Together with Persons with Obesity in the Third Age.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
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Abstract
introductionMore than one-third of U.S. adults are obese, which greatly increases their risks for type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some types of cancer. Busy healthcare professionals need effective tools and strategies to facilitate healthy eating and increase physical activity, thus promoting weight loss in their patients. Communication technologies such as the Internet and mobile devices offer potentially powerful methodologies to deliver behavioral weight loss interventions, and researchers have studied a variety of technology-assisted approaches. MATERIALS AND
methodsThe literature from 2002 to 2012 was systematically reviewed by examining clinical trials of technology-assisted interventions for weight loss or weight maintenance among overweight and obese adults.
resultsIn total, 2,011 citations from electronic databases were identified; 39 articles were eligible for inclusion. Findings suggest that the use of technology-assisted behavioral interventions, particularly those that incorporate text messaging or e-mail, may be effective for producing weight loss among overweight and obese adults.
conclusionsOnly a small percentage of the 39 studies reviewed used mobile platforms such as Android(®) (Google, Mountain View, CA) phones or the iPhone(®) (Apple, Cupertino, CA), only two studies incorporated cost analysis, none was able to identify which features were most responsible for changes in outcomes, and few reported long-term outcomes. All of these areas are important foci for future research.
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