Trial reportAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2021
Weight-Related Information Avoidance Prospectively Predicts Poorer Self-Monitoring and Engagement in a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention.
Trial report in Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03337139 (Improving Weight Loss Maintenance by Using Digital Data Sharing to Provide Responsive Support and Accountability), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers.
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Improving Weight Loss Maintenance by Using Digital Data Sharing to Provide Responsive Support and Accountability
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Action Planning for Reducing Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Appalachian Adults: Longitudinal Process Evaluation of a Digital Behavioral Health Intervention.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of providing energy expenditure information to guide weight loss interventions in people with obesity: A randomized controlled trial.Clinical obesity · 2025Trial
- Understanding Heterogeneity in Individual Responses to Digital Lifestyle Intervention Through Self-Monitoring Adherence Trajectories in Adults With Overweight or Obesity: Secondary Analysis of a 6-Month Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Trial
- Weight- and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage-Related Information Avoidance: Implications for Self-Monitoring in a Behavioral Intervention.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2026Article
- Adherence to Behavioral Weight Management: A Scoping Review of Definitions, Measurement, and Components.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Article
- Health Information Avoidance and eHealth Literacy in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.Health science reports · 2025Article
- Optimizing Self-Monitoring in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention (Spark): Protocol for a Factorial Randomized Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Association of weight and shape concern with weight change and weight-related behaviors in behavioral weight loss treatment.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2023Article
- Patterns and Predictors of Engagement With Digital Self-Monitoring During the Maintenance Phase of a Behavioral Weight Loss Program: Quantitative Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Article
- Study protocol for iSIPsmarter: A randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy, reach, and engagement of a technology-based behavioral intervention to reduce sugary beverages among rural Appalachian adults.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Patterns of self-monitoring technology use and weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Article
- How Do Emotions during Goal Pursuit in Weight Change over Time? Retrospective Computational Text Analysis of Goal Setting and Striving Conversations with a Coach during a Mobile Weight Loss Program.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundSelf-monitoring is a key component of behavioral weight loss (BWL) interventions. Past research suggests that individuals may avoid self-monitoring in certain contexts (e.g., skipping self-weighing after higher-than-usual calorie intake). However, no studies have attempted to quantify individuals' inclination to avoid information about their weight control ("weight-related information avoidance"; WIA) or prospectively examined its implications for treatment engagement and outcomes in BWL programs. PURPOSE: Characterize WIA using a validated questionnaire among adults enrolled in BWL treatment and examine whether WIA prospectively predicts self-monitoring adherence, session attendance, treatment discontinuation, or weight loss.
methodsParticipants (N = 87; MBMI = 34.9 kg/m2, 83% female) completed a measure of WIA prior to starting a 12 week, group-based BWL intervention. Participants were given digital self-monitoring tools and instructed to self-monitor their food intake daily, physical activity daily, and body weight weekly (Weeks 1-10) and then daily (Weeks 11-12). Session attendance and treatment discontinuation were recorded. Weight was measured in-clinic pretreatment and posttreatment.
resultsWhile mean WIA was low (M = 2.23, standard deviation [SD] = 0.95; potential scale range: 1-7), greater WIA predicted poorer attendance (r = -.23; p = .03) and poorer self-monitoring of physical activity (r = -.28; p = .009) and body weight (r = -.32; p = .003). WIA did not predict food monitoring (p = .08), treatment discontinuation (p = .09), or 12 week weight loss (p = .91).
conclusionsGreater WIA, as assessed via a brief questionnaire, may place individuals at risk for poorer self-monitoring and treatment engagement during BWL. Further research on the implications of WIA in the context of weight management is warranted, including evaluation of correlates, moderators, and mechanisms of action of WIA. CLINICAL
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