Trial reportInternational journal of obesity (2005)2022
Effect of an interactive mobile health support system and daily weight measurements for pediatric obesity treatment, a 1-year pragmatical clinical trial.
Trial report in International journal of obesity (2005), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
One Year Evaluation of a Web-based System for Optimization of Behavioural Childhood Obesity Treatment
Digital-Physical Family Intervention in Primary Care for Families With Obesity in Both Children and Adults
Long-term Results of an Interactive Mobile Health Support System and Daily Home-weighing as an add-on to Pediatric Obesity Lifestyle Treatment: A 3-year Pragmatic Clinical Trial
Evaluation of the Risk of Developing Disordered Eating Behaviors or Eating Disorders in Children and Adolescents With Obesity Using a Digi-Physical Treatment Tool
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Digital health, technology-driven or technology-assisted interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Digital interventions for weight control to prevent obesity in adolescents: a systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Telehealth Vs. Face-to-Face Treatment for Children and Adolescents With Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Pediatric obesity · 2026Trial
- Long-term results of a digital treatment tool as an add-on to pediatric obesity lifestyle treatment: a 3-year pragmatic clinical trial.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Trial
- Evaluating probiotic efficacy on weight loss in adults with overweight through a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized trial.Scientific reports · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of a Smartphone App (MINISTOP 2.0) integrated in primary child health care to promote healthy diet and physical activity behaviors and prevent obesity in preschool-aged children: randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2023Trial
- Effectiveness of a digi-physical tool and working method for paediatric obesity treatment in Abu Dhabi: a non-inferiority intervention study using an external historical comparator.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Current methods for analyzing time-series patient-generated health data to assess treatment response: a scoping review.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2026Article
- Management of Childhood Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Integrating digital health into pediatric obesity management: Current practices and future perspectives.Obesity pillars · 2025Review
- The Impact of Digital Technologies in Shaping Weight Loss Motivation Among Children and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effectiveness of Smartphone App for the Treatment of Pediatric Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Lessons Learned from Telemedicine in Adolescent Obesity: Results of a Pilot Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Time to act on childhood obesity: the use of technology.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
- Pediatric obesity-Long-term consequences and effect of weight loss.Journal of internal medicine · 2022Review
- Process Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial With a Mobile Health Intervention for Children With Obesity.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPediatric obesity lifestyle treatment is not always successful. Frequent clinical visits are of major importance to certify sufficient effect but are difficult due to the associated costs and the great demands on families. We hypothesized that an interactive digital support may reduce the need for frequent physical visits. The aim of the study was to assess 1-year weight outcome for patients using a digital support system compared with standard care.
methodsAn obesity lifestyle treatment with a digital support system was implemented in one clinic in Stockholm, Sweden. Measurements from a custom-made body scale without digits for daily home measurement of weights were transferred via Bluetooth to a mobile application, where BMI Z-score was calculated and presented graphically with an individualized weight loss target curve. An automatic transfer of data to the web-based clinic interface enables a close monitoring of treatment progress, and frequent written communication between the clinical staff and families via the application. One-year outcome was compared with a randomly retrieved, age and sex matched control group from the Swedish childhood obesity treatment register (BORIS), which received standard treatment at other clinics. Main outcome was change in BMI Z-score and missing data was imputed.
results107 children were consecutively included to digi-physical treatment and 321 children to standard care. Age range 4.1-17.4 years (67% males). The attrition rate was 36% and 46% respectively, p = 0.08. After 1 year, the mean ± SD change in BMI Z-score in the treatment group was -0.30 ± 0.39 BMI Z-score units and in the standard care group -0.15 ± 0.28, p = 0.0002. The outcome was better for both sexes and all age groups in the digi-physical treated group.
conclusionA digital support system with a personalized weight-loss target curve and daily weight measurements shared by the family and the clinic is more effective than a standard care childhood obesity treatment. CLINICALTRIAL: GOV ID: NCT04323215.
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