ArticleObesity science & practice2022
Examining weekly facilitated group sessions and counselor-crafted self-monitoring feedback on treatment outcome in digital weight control: A pilot factorial study.
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- The effectiveness and usability of online, group-based interventions for people with severe obesity: a systematic review and meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
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- Adherence to self-monitoring and behavioral goals is associated with improved weight loss in an mHealth randomized-controlled trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Trial
- Cognitive prescriptions for reducing dementia risk factors among Black/African Americans: feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy.Ethnicity & health · 2024Trial
- The Effect of Tailored, Daily, Smartphone Feedback to Lifestyle Self-Monitoring on Weight Loss at 12 Months: the SMARTER Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2022Trial
- Rationale and design of the Response to Behavioral Obesity Treatment (REBOOT) study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Exploring Expert Perspectives on Self-Monitoring Feedback Personalization, Content, Modality and Frequency: A Delphi Study.Obesity science & practice · 2025Article
- Addressing rural health disparities by optimizing "high-touch" intervention components in digital obesity treatment: The iREACH Rural study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2024Article
- Detailed Versus Simplified Dietary Self-monitoring in a Digital Weight Loss Intervention Among Racial and Ethnic Minority Adults: Fully Remote, Randomized Pilot Study.JMIR formative research · 2022Article
- Examining weekly facilitated group sessions and counselor-crafted self-monitoring feedback on treatment outcome in digital weight control: A pilot factorial study.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
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Abstract
Objective: Weight control programs that incorporate group sessions produce greater weight losses, but this has not been explored in the context of online programs. Further, counselor-crafted self-monitoring feedback is a core element of lifestyle interventions, although pre-scripted, modular feedback which does not require detailed counselor review may adequately promote weight loss. The current study explored the weight losses achieved in an online program that included facilitated group sessions, as well as outcomes when counselor-crafted self-monitoring feedback was provided. Methods: A 2 × 2 pilot factorial randomized participants (90% women) with overweight/obesity ( Results: Individuals offered weekly facilitated online group sessions lost more weight (-5.3% ± 4.9%) than those receiving the same digital program without group sessions (-3.1% ± 4.0%; Conclusions: Incorporating weekly facilitated online group sessions significantly increased weight losses achieved in a digital lifestyle program. Further, pre-scripted, modular feedback required significantly less staff time than counselor-crafted feedback without diminishing weight losses. Thus, group sessions and pre-scripted feedback warrant consideration when designing digital lifestyle programs.
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