ArticleHealth promotion international2016
A 2-year young adult obesity prevention trial in the US: Process evaluation results.
Article in Health promotion international, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Social media use for nutrition outcomes in young adults: a mixed-methods systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Pooled it
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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
- Early Engagement is Associated with Better Weight Loss in Emerging Adults.American journal of health behavior · 2019Trial
- Weight-Gain Reduction Among 2-Year College Students: The CHOICES RCT.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Trial
- Results of a 2-year randomized, controlled obesity prevention trial: Effects on diet, activity and sleep behaviors in an at-risk young adult population.Preventive medicine · 2016Trial
- Process evaluation of TXT2BFiT: a multi-component mHealth randomised controlled trial to prevent weight gain in young adults.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2016Trial
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- Digital Health Promotion and Prevention in Settings: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Article
- Where Do Online Games Fit into the Health Behaviour Ecology of Emerging Adults: A Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2021Article
- Participant perspectives of a telehealth trial investigating the use of telephone and text message support in obesity management: a qualitative evaluation.BMC health services research · 2021Article
- Using motivational interviewing to enhance emerging adults' engagement in weight loss: The Live Well RVA pilot randomized clinical trial.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- Accumulating Data to Optimally Predict Obesity Treatment (ADOPT) Core Measures: Behavioral Domain.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Article
- The Transition into Young Adulthood: a Critical Period for Weight Control.Current diabetes reports · 2017Review
- Multilevel Interventions Targeting Obesity: Research Recommendations for Vulnerable Populations.American journal of preventive medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
Our objective was to conduct a process evaluation of the CHOICES (Choosing Healthy Options in College Environments and Settings) study, a large, randomized, controlled trial designed to prevent unhealthy weight gain in young adults (aged 18-35) attending 2-year community colleges in the USA. The 24-month intervention consisted of participation in an academic course and a social networking and support website. Among intervention participants, completion rates for most course activities were >80%, reflecting a high level of dose received. Course retention and participant satisfaction were also high. Engagement results, however, were mixed with less than half of participants in the online and hybrid sections of the course reporting that they interacted with course materials ≥3 h/week, but 50-75% reporting that they completed required lessons 'all/very thoroughly'. Engagement in the website activities was also mixed with more than half of intervention participants logging onto the website during the first month, but then declining to 25-40% during the following 23 months of the intervention. Intervention engagement is a challenge of online interventions and a challenge of working with the young adult age group in general. Additional research is needed to explore strategies to support engagement among this population, particularly for relatively long intervention durations.
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