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SynthesisJournal of medical Internet research2017

Web-Based Interventions for Weight Loss or Weight Loss Maintenance in Overweight and Obese People: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews.

Angela Sorgente, Giada Pietrabissa, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Federica Re, Susan Simpson, Sara Perona, Alessandro Rossi, Roberto Cattivelli, Marco Innamorati, Jeffrey B Jackson and 1 more

Abstract readSystematic Review
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Synthesis in Journal of medical Internet research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 99 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

99 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

  1. Identifying Social Media-Based Interactions That Help Adults to Adhere to Weight Loss Goals: A Systematic Review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  9. eHealth interventions for people with chronic kidney disease.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  17. Evaluation of an Interactive Web-Based Health Program for Weight Loss-A Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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39 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Angela SorgentePsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1046-0409
Giada PietrabissaPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5911-5748
Gian Mauro ManzoniPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3384-0359
Federica ReDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4299-0199
Susan SimpsonUniversity of South Australia, School of Psychology, Social Work & Social Policy, Adelaide, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-9625-0797
Sara PeronaDepartment of Psychology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4269-8235
Alessandro RossiPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7000-5999
Roberto CattivelliPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5995-5456
Marco InnamoratiEuropean University of Rome, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1389-2290
Jeffrey B JacksonVirginia Tech, Falls Church, VA, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9756-7841
Gianluca CastelnuovoPsychology Research Laboratory, Ospedale San Giuseppe, IRCCS, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Verbania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2633-9822

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundWeight loss is challenging and maintenance of weight loss is problematic. Web-based programs offer good potential for delivery of interventions for weight loss or weight loss maintenance. However, the precise impact of Web-based weight management programs is still unclear.

objectiveThe purpose of this meta-systematic review was to provide a comprehensive summary of the efficacy of Web-based interventions for weight loss and weight loss maintenance.

methodsElectronic databases were searched for systematic reviews and meta-analyses that included at least one study investigating the effect of a Web-based intervention on weight loss and/or weight loss maintenance among samples of overweight and/or obese individuals. Twenty identified reviews met the inclusion criteria. The Revised Assessment of Multiple SysTemAtic Reviews (R-AMSTAR) was used to assess methodological quality of reviews. All included reviews were of sufficient methodological quality (R-AMSTAR score ≥22). Key methodological and outcome data were extracted from each review.

resultsWeb-based interventions for both weight loss and weight loss maintenance were more effective than minimal or control conditions. However, when contrasted with comparable non-Web-based interventions, results were less consistent across reviews.

conclusionsOverall, the efficacy of weight loss maintenance interventions was stronger than the efficacy of weight loss interventions, but further evidence is needed to more clearly understand the efficacy of both types of Web-based interventions.

trial registrationPROSPERO 2015: CRD42015029377; http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.asp? ID=CRD42015029377 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/6qkSafdCZ).

Indexed as

AdultFemaleHumansInternetMaleMiddle AgedObesityOverweightTelemedicineWeight Lossbody weight maintenancedelivery of health careInternetobesityoverweightreviewtelemedicinetreatment outcomeweight loss

Identifiers

PMID28652225
PMCPMC5504341

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