ArticleObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2019
Deconstructing Weight Management Interventions for Young Adults: Looking Inside the Black Box of the EARLY Consortium Trials.
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- Behavioural components and delivery features of early childhood obesity prevention interventions: intervention coding of studies in the TOPCHILD Collaboration systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Pooled it
- Behaviour Change Techniques in Weight Gain Prevention Interventions in Adults of Reproductive Age: Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Promoting adherence to weight-related behaviors in young adults: Design of the Nudge microrandomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Cardiovascular Health in the Transition From Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Review
- Identifying the behavior change techniques used in obesity interventions: An example from the EARLY trials.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Weight Management for Students with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A Qualitative Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- A Self-Guided Lifestyle Intervention for Young Men: Findings from the ACTIVATE Randomized Pilot Trial.Journal of men's health · 2022Article
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- Challenges and Opportunities for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Adults: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Review
- Optimizing Behavioral Interventions for Obesity Using an Engineering-Inspired Approach.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe goal of the present study was to deconstruct the 17 treatment arms used in the Early Adult Reduction of weight through LifestYle (EARLY) weight management trials.
methodsIntervention materials were coded to reflect behavioral domains and behavior change techniques (BCTs) within those domains planned for each treatment arm. The analytical hierarchy process was employed to determine an emphasis profile of domains in each intervention.
resultsThe intervention arms used BCTs from all of the 16 domains, with an average of 29.3 BCTs per intervention arm. All 12 of the interventions included BCTs from the six domains of Goals and Planning, Feedback and Monitoring, Social Support, Shaping Knowledge, Natural Consequences, and Comparison of Outcomes; 11 of the 12 interventions shared 15 BCTs in common across those six domains.
conclusionsWeight management interventions are complex. The shared set of BCTs used in the EARLY trials may represent a core intervention that could be studied to determine the required emphases of BCTs and whether additional BCTs add to or detract from efficacy. Deconstructing interventions will aid in reproducibility and understanding of active ingredients.
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