ArticleHealth psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association2019
Associations between self-monitoring and weight change in behavioral weight loss interventions.
Article in Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT05866107 (Effectiveness and Feasibility of Self-Monitoring for Weight Management in Individuals With Mental Disorders Using Digital Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 43 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effectiveness and Feasibility of Self-Monitoring for Weight Management in Individuals With Mental Disorders Using Digital Intervention ("SWIM" Trial)
Who cites it
43 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Impact of feedback generation and presentation on self-monitoring behaviors, dietary intake, physical activity, and weight: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2024Pooled 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
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- PATH Trial for Examining Yoga as a Strategy to Improve Remote-Based Weight Loss in Adults: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Participant food tracking in psychiatric ketogenic metabolic therapy: an unresolved clinical, psychosocial, and implementation question.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Exploring Expert Perspectives on Self-Monitoring Feedback Personalization, Content, Modality and Frequency: A Delphi Study.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Weight loss following nutritional education session among newly diagnosed breast cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- Differences in Self-Monitoring Technology Use and Perceptions Between National Weight Control Registry Participants Maintaining and Regaining Weight.Journal of technology in behavioral science · 2025Article
- Longitudinal associations between self-regulation and physical activity behavior following metabolic bariatric surgery; an exploratory study.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2025Article
- How Do Physical Therapists and Athletic Trainers Maintain Their Physical Fitness? A Descriptive Survey Study.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe current study is a secondary analysis of the Live SMART trial, a randomized controlled trial comparing a behavioral weight loss (BWL) condition delivered via smartphone (SMART) to a group-based BWL condition (GROUP) and a control condition (CONTROL). Given the established importance of self-monitoring for weight loss, the aims were to evaluate bidirectional associations between adherence to self-monitoring and weight change and to examine the moderating effect of treatment condition on these associations.
methodAdults with overweight/obesity (n = 276; 83% women; 92.8% White; Mage = 55.1 years; Mbody mass index = 35.2 kg/m2) were instructed to self-monitor dietary intake, daily weight, and physical activity minutes via paper diaries in GROUP and CONTROL and via a smartphone application in SMART. All participants were weighed monthly at the research center. Adherence to self-monitoring was assessed via examination of self-monitoring records.
resultsGeneralized linear mixed models revealed that adherence to self-monitoring of dietary intake, self-weighing, and physical activity for each month was associated with weight change throughout that month, such that increased frequency of self-monitoring led to greater weight loss (ps < .001). For the GROUP condition only, poorer weight losses in 1 month were prospectively associated with poor adherence to self-monitoring the following month (ps ≤ .01).
conclusionsResults provide evidence of a bidirectional association between self-monitoring and weight change. Better self-monitoring was consistently associated with better weight loss across intervention and tracking modalities. Poorer weight loss was prospectively associated with poorer self-monitoring in group treatment, suggesting that social influences could drive adherence in this form of treatment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).
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