Trial reportAmerican journal of preventive medicine2017
Weight-Gain Reduction Among 2-Year College Students: The CHOICES RCT.
Trial report in American journal of preventive medicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01134783 (Evaluating Innovative Weight Reduction Strategies for College Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 25 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Evaluating Innovative Weight Reduction Strategies for College Students
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25 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 50 citations in OpenAlex.
- Social media-based interventions for adults with obesity and overweight: a meta-analysis and meta-regression.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2023Pooled it
- Using Social Media to Understand Web-Based Social Factors Concerning Obesity: Systematic Review.JMIR public health and surveillance · 2022Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Behavior Change Techniques Included in Reports of Social Media Interventions for Promoting Health Behaviors in Adults: Content Analysis Within a Systematic Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2020Pooled it
- Weight Management in Young Adults: Systematic Review of Electronic Health Intervention Components and Outcomes.Journal of medical Internet research · 2019Pooled it
- Social media use for nutrition outcomes in young adults: a mixed-methods systematic review.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Pooled it
- Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors Over 6 Years in Young Adults in a Randomized Trial of Weight Gain Prevention.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- A Secondary Data Analysis Examining Young Adults' Performance in an Internet Weight Loss Program with Financial Incentives.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Weight Gain Over 6 Years in Young Adults: The Study of Novel Approaches to Weight Gain Prevention Randomized Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Early Engagement is Associated with Better Weight Loss in Emerging Adults.American journal of health behavior · 2019Trial
- Dietary outcomes within the study of novel approaches to weight gain prevention (SNAP) randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Trial
- A brief whole-body vibration intervention to avoid weight gain in college students: A randomized controlled pilot trial.Journal of American college health : J of ACHTrial
- Health, health behaviors, and medical care utilization among college students with obesity.Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2025Article
- mHealth Intervention for Elevated Blood Pressure Among College Students: Single-Arm Intervention Study.JMIR formative research · 2024Article
- Identifying the behavior change techniques used in obesity interventions: An example from the EARLY trials.Obesity science & practice · 2023Article
- Influences of cognitive load on center of pressure trajectory of young male adults with excess weight during gait initiation.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Exercise preferences among emerging adults: Do men and women want different things?Journal of American college health : J of ACH · 2022Article
- Associations between college/university campus characteristics and student body mass index.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Challenges and Opportunities for the Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Among Young Adults: Report From a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Working Group.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2020Review
- Using motivational interviewing to enhance emerging adults' engagement in weight loss: The Live Well RVA pilot randomized clinical trial.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionThe young adult years have been recognized as an influential period for excess weight gain. Non-traditional students and those attending 2-year community colleges are at particularly high risk for a range of adverse weight-related outcomes.
designChoosing Healthy Options in College Environments and Settings was an RCT with students randomly assigned into a control or intervention condition after baseline assessment. The study was designed to evaluate if a 24-month weight-gain prevention intervention reduces the expected increase in BMI and overweight prevalence in young adults attending 2-year colleges. Two cohorts were recruited, corresponding to the fall and spring semesters. Data collection occurred at four time points for each cohort, with baseline occurring in fall 2011 for Cohort 1 and spring 2012 for Cohort 2. The 24-month follow-up occurred in fall 2013 for Cohort 1 and spring 2014 for Cohort 2. Data analysis occurred in 2015-2016. SETTING/
participantsThis research was conducted with 441 students from three community colleges in Minnesota.
interventionThe 24-month intervention began with a 1-credit college course on healthy weight behaviors. A social networking and social support website was introduced as part of the course and participation encouraged for the duration of the trial.
main outcome measuresChanges in BMI, weight, body fat percentage, waist circumference, and weight status were assessed.
resultsRetention of the cohorts at 24 months was 83.4%. There was not a statistically significant difference in BMI between conditions at the end of the trial. However, there was a statically significant difference in the prevalence of overweight/obesity between treatment conditions at 24 months. Also, participants randomized to the intervention who were overweight or obese at baseline were more than three times as likely to transition to a healthy weight by the end of the trial as compared with control students.
conclusionsThe intervention was not successful in achieving BMI differences between treatment groups. However, an 8% reduction in the prevalence of overweight and obesity over time may have population-level significance.
trial registrationThis study is registered at www.clinicaltrials.gov NCT01134783.
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