Trial reportJournal of behavioral medicine2025
Brief coaching intervention to reverse weight regain during weight loss maintenance: a preliminary randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of behavioral medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04293055 (Examination of Phone Coaching as a Weight Loss Maintenance Strategy), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Examination of Phone Coaching as a Weight Loss Maintenance Strategy
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objectiveMost individuals who complete a behavioral weight loss intervention (BWLI) regain weight. The current study is a preliminary investigation into the efficacy of a telephone coaching intervention to aid recovery from weight regain during weight loss maintenance.
methodsParticipants (n = 77) who had recently completed a BWLI and had lost ≥ 5% of their initial body weight were instructed to engage in daily weighing using a "smart" scale. Participants were randomized to receive four consecutive weeks of brief coaching phone calls or no intervention. Randomization was activated when individuals regained > 1.5% of their baseline weight. Assessments were completed at baseline and 12 months.
resultsSixty-six participants (M ± SD age = 54.2 ± 9.9 years, 68% female) regained > 1.5% and were included in analyses. Individuals who received coaching completed 3.9 ± 0.5 calls and showed statistically-significant improvements in weight compared to the control group in the short-term (i.e., from randomization activation to 40 days later; M±SE Coaching: -1.05%±0.30 vs. Control: 0.37%±0.31, p < 0.001). However, there were not significant differences in weight regain by group at the 12-month study end (Coaching: 5.18%±0.72 vs. Control: 5.71%±0.76, p = 0.62).
conclusionsBrief telephone coaching is a promising intervention for reversing short-term weight regain. Future research should focus on improving the coaching intervention to promote long-term weight loss maintenance, including exploration into offering multiple rounds of coaching. CLINICAL
trial registrationNCT04293055.
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