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Trial reportAmerican journal of health promotion : AJHP2024

Small Monetary Incentives Lead to Greater Adherence in a Weight Loss Program.

Armaan Shetty, Qiuyu Yang, Jane Pendergast, Glen Leverson, Ryan Shaw, Corrine I Voils, Kara L Gavin

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in American journal of health promotion : AJHP, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. 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 · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Armaan ShettyDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-2427-8963
Qiuyu YangDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Jane PendergastDepartment of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Glen LeversonDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
Ryan ShawSchool of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Corrine I VoilsDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1913-663X
Kara L GavinDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.

Funding

Incentivizing behavior change skills to promote weight lossR34HL125669 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI SHAW, RYAN JEFFREY, VOILS, CORRINE IONE · 2015 to 2017
$716k
NHLBI NIH HHS R34 HL125669
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeUnderstand how weekly monetary incentives for dietary tracking and/or weight loss impact 6-month weight loss behavioral adherence.

designSecondary analysis of participants randomized to one of four conditions in a behavioral weight loss intervention: incentives for dietary tracking, incentives for weight loss, both, or none.

settingParticipants were asked to self-weigh at least twice weekly, log food and drink in a mobile application five days weekly, and attend bi-weekly, group-based classes. SAMPLE: Data from (n = 91) adults with obesity who completed a 24-week behavioral weight loss intervention of whom 88% were female and 74% Non-Hispanic White, were analyzed. MEASURES: Non-adherence to weight and dietary self-monitoring was defined as the second week of not meeting criteria. Class attendance was also tracked. ANALYSIS: Kaplan-Meier analyses were used to examine differences across the four conditions.

resultsParticipants incentivized for dietary self-monitoring had an average 15.8 weeks (SE:1.2) until the first non-adherent week compared to 5.9 weeks (SE:0.8) for those not incentivized for dietary self-monitoring (

conclusionsIncentivizing behaviors associated with weight loss improved adherence to those behaviors and does not appear to spill over to non-incentivized behaviors.

Indexed as

Weight Reduction ProgramsAdultBehavior TherapyDietFemaleHumansMaleMotivationObesityincentivesinterventionsmotivationstrategiesweight control

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PMID37943986
PMCPMC11323260

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