Trial reportObesity (Silver Spring, Md.)2015
Frequent Self-Weighing with Electronic Graphic Feedback to Prevent Age-Related Weight Gain in Young Adults.
Trial report in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Recruiting and retaining young adults: what can we learn from behavioural interventions targeting nutrition, physical activity and/or obesity? A systematic review of the literature.Public health nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Weight Management in Young Adults: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Intervention Components and Outcomes.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- NUYou: Results from a cluster randomized trial testing a mHealth cardiovascular health intervention in young adults.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2026Trial
- Daily self-weighing compared with an active control causes greater negative affective lability in emerging adult women: A randomized trial.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2023Trial
- Enhancing Efficacy of a Brief Obesity and Eating Disorder Prevention Program: Long-Term Results from an Experimental Therapeutics Trial.Nutrients · 2023Trial
- Factors associated with weight gain prevention in young adults with serious mental illness.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Enhancing efficacy of a dissonance-based obesity and eating disorder prevention program: Experimental therapeutics.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2021Trial
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- Preventing weight gain in African American breast cancer survivors using smart scales and activity trackers: a randomized controlled pilot study.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2017Trial
- Face-to-Face and Online Networks: College Students' Experiences in a Weight-Loss Trial.Journal of health communication · 2017Trial
- Exploring potential reach and representativeness of a self-weighing weight gain prevention intervention in adults with overweight and obesity.Clinical obesity · 2024Article
- A low-burden, self-weighing intervention to prevent weight gain in adults with obesity who do not enroll in comprehensive treatment.Obesity science & practice · 2024Article
- Motivational interviewing to promote healthy behaviors for obesity prevention in young adults (MOTIVATE): a pilot randomized controlled trial protocol.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2023Article
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- The daily Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary Care Study: Rationale, design and methodology.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Frequency of Self-Weighing and Weight Change: Cohort Study With 10,000 Smart Scale Users.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Observational
- Effects of Intervention Characteristics on Willingness to Initiate a Weight Gain Prevention Program.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2020Article
- Minority and low-income patients are less likely to have a scale for self-weighing in their home: A survey in primary care.Clinical obesity · 2020Article
- Relation of self-weighing to future weight gain and onset of disordered eating symptoms.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveAn intervention using Wi-Fi scales and graphic e-mail feedback, the caloric titration method (CTM), to reduce age-related weight gain over 1 year among college students was evaluated.
methodsFirst-year college students (n = 167) were randomized to CTM or control (C) groups and provided Wi-Fi scales. The CTM group was instructed to weigh daily, view a weight graph e-mailed to them after weighing, and try to maintain their weight. The C group could weigh at any time but did not receive feedback. At 6 months and 1 year, the C group provided weights. For intention to treat analysis, an adjusted mixed model was used to analyze the effect of the intervention.
resultsBaseline body mass index was 22.9 ± 3.0 kg/m(2) . Ninety-five percent of the CTM participants weighed ≥ 3 times/week, compared to 15% in the C group (P < 0.001). After 1 year, the C group had gained 1.1 ± .4 kg whereas the CTM group lost 0.5 ± 3.7 kg (F = 3.39, P = 0.035). The difference in weight change between the two groups at 1 year was significant (P = 0.004). Retention was 81%.
conclusionsCTM intervention was effective in preventing age-related weight gain in young adults over 1 year and thus offers promise to reduce overweight and obesity.
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