Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2015
A randomized trial testing the efficacy of a novel approach to weight loss among men with overweight and obesity.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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40 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Digital health interventions for promoting adults lifestyle behaviors: who is being left behind? An evidence synthesis of social inequality.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2026Pooled it
- Weight Loss in Short-Term Interventions for Physical Activity and Nutrition Among Adults With Overweight or Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Preventing chronic disease · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of Face-to-Face and eHealth Blended Interventions on Physical Activity, Diet, and Weight-Related Outcomes among Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
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- Systematic review of electronically delivered behavioral obesity prevention interventions targeting men.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Blended Care Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Sports medicine - open · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review examining socioeconomic factors in trials of interventions for men that report weight as an outcome.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- A systematic review of the use of dietary self-monitoring in behavioural weight loss interventions: delivery, intensity and effectiveness.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Self-Monitoring via Digital Health in Weight Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2021Pooled it
- Implementation intentions for weight loss in college students with overweight and obesity: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Recruiting men from across the socioeconomic spectrum via GP registers and community outreach to a weight management feasibility randomised controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2020Trial
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- Optimizing Tailored Communications for Health Risk Assessment: A Randomized Factorial Experiment of the Effects of Expectancy Priming, Autonomy Support, and Exemplification.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Randomized trial comparing group size of periodic in-person sessions in a remotely delivered weight loss intervention.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2017Trial
- Exploring Gender Differences in a Randomized Trial of Weight Loss Maintenance.American journal of men's health · 2017Trial
- Preventing weight gain in African American breast cancer survivors using smart scales and activity trackers: a randomized controlled pilot study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Trial
- Theoretical and Behavioral Mediators of a Weight Loss Intervention for Men.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2016Trial
- The Impact of Incentives on Weight Control in Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial.American journal of men's healthTrial
- Enrollment Challenges: Recruiting Men to Weight Loss Interventions.American journal of men's healthTrial
- What works for men? Participant perspectives from a mixed-gender weight-management trial with incentives.Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2025Article
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo test the efficacy of a weight loss intervention designed to appeal to men.
methodsA randomized trial tested the efficacy of the Rethinking Eating and FITness (REFIT) weight loss program compared to a wait-list control. The 6-month intervention was delivered via two face-to-face sessions followed by Internet contacts. REFIT encouraged participants to create calorie deficits by making six 100-calorie changes to their eating daily while increasing physical activity, and the program encouraged customization through selection of specific diet strategies evaluated each week.
resultsParticipants (N = 107, 44.2 years, 31.4 kg/m(2) , 76.6% white) were randomized into the study, and 90.6% provided data at 6 months. REFIT participants lost -5.0 kg (95% CI: -6.1, -3.9) at 3 months, which was maintained through 6 months (-5.3 kg, 95% CI: -6.5, -4.2); this was greater than the control group (p < 0.001; 6 months: -0.6, 95% CI: -1.8, 0.5). More REFIT participants (49%) achieved a 5% weight loss than control participants (19%; OR 9.4; 95% CI: 3.2, 27.4). An average of 11.2 (±2.7) of 13 of the online intervention contacts were completed.
conclusionsThe novel REFIT intervention produced clinically significant weight losses. This approach holds promise as an alternative to traditional behavioral therapy for men.
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