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ArticleJournal of preventive medicine and hygiene2021

Financial incentive strategy for weight loss and maintenance of weight loss.

Yahya Pasdar, Farid Najafi, Mitra Darbandi, Shahab Rezaeian, Parisa Niazi, Behrooz Hamzeh

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Article in Journal of preventive medicine and hygiene, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Yahya PasdarResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Farid NajafiResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Mitra DarbandiResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Shahab RezaeianResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Parisa NiaziDepartment of Nutrition, School of Nutritional Science and Food Technology, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Behrooz HamzehResearch Center for Environmental Determinants of Health (RCEDH), Health Institute, Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran.
Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this study was to investigate the effect of financial incentives on weight loss, maintain in obese women and biochemical factors.

methodsThis quasi-experimental study was conducted on 103 women with body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30 kg/m

resultsMean of BMI was 34.78 ± 4.29 kg/m

conclusionsFinancial incentives can effectively help to weight loss and maintenance of weight, and improve lipid profiles; blood sugar and liver enzymes. The use of motivational factors with proper training (diet and physical activity) will have a better result.

Indexed as

Body Weight MaintenanceMotivationObesityWeight LossBody Mass IndexExerciseFemaleHumansFinancial incentiveInterventionObesityWeight Loss

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PMID34322638
PMCPMC8283650
OpenAlexW3157562807

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