Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Comparison of Smartphone-Based Behavioral Obesity Treatment With Gold Standard Group Treatment and Control: A Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05028205 (Eating Better Together), which is not on this map. Cited by 47 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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Eating Better Together: A Pilot Study
Who cites it
47 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 106 citations in OpenAlex.
- Ecological Momentary Interventions in the Management of Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Systematic Review.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Pooled it
- Commercially available mobile health applications for obesity across the lifespan: a systematic search and quality assessment.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of smartphone applications targeting eating behaviour for weight loss.Scientific reports · 2026Pooled it
- Digital versus nondigital behavioral interventions on cardiovascular risk reduction: systematic review and meta-analysis.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Mobile health (m-health) smartphone interventions for adolescents and adults with overweight or obesity.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Medical Nutrition Therapy Interventions Provided by Dietitians for Adult Overweight and Obesity Management: An Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence-Based Practice Guideline.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Guideline
- Pooled it
- Effects of Physical Activity Interventions on Health Outcomes among Older Adults Living with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
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- The Effectiveness of Combining Nonmobile Interventions With the Use of Smartphone Apps With Various Features for Weight Loss: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 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
- Use of Technology-Based Interventions in the Treatment of Patients with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2020Pooled it
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- Extensive Review of Persuasive System Design Categories and Principles: Behavioral Obesity Interventions.Journal of medical systems · 2020Pooled it
- A randomized parallel-designed study evaluating the effect of an app-based nutritional concept for weight reduction and further cardiovascular risk factors: Insights from the PreVA study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Trial
- Adherence to self-monitoring and behavioral goals is associated with improved weight loss in an mHealth randomized-controlled trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
- An Adaptive Behavioral Intervention for Weight Loss Management: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA · 2024Trial
- Efficacy of an app-based multimodal lifestyle intervention on body weight in persons with obesity: results from a randomized controlled trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2024Trial
- The Effect of Tailored, Daily, Smartphone Feedback to Lifestyle Self-Monitoring on Weight Loss at 12 Months: the SMARTER Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Counselor Surveillance of Digital Self-Monitoring Data: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThis study aimed to determine whether weight losses from a primarily smartphone-based behavioral obesity treatment (SMART) differed from those of a more intensive group-based behavioral obesity treatment (GROUP) and a control condition (CONTROL).
methodsA total of 276 adults with overweight/obesity were randomly assigned to 18 months of GROUP-based treatment with meetings weekly for 6 months, meetings biweekly for 6 months, and meetings monthly for 6 months and self-monitoring via paper diaries with written feedback; SMART-based treatment with online lessons, self-monitoring, and feedback plus monthly weigh-ins; or a CONTROL condition with self-monitoring via paper diaries with written feedback and monthly weigh-ins.
resultsAmong the 276 participants (17% men; 7.2% minority; mean [SD] age: 55.1 [9.9] years; weight: 95.9 [17.0] kg; BMI: 35.2 [5.0] kg/m
conclusionsMobile online delivery of behavioral obesity treatment can achieve weight loss outcomes that are at least as good as those obtained via the more intensive gold standard group-based approach.
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