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SynthesisObesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity2021

Effective behavior change techniques to promote physical activity in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Eliana Carraça, Jorge Encantado, Francesca Battista, Kristine Beaulieu, John Blundell, Luca Busetto, Marleen van Baak, Dror Dicker, Andrea Ermolao, Nathalie Farpour-Lambert and 4 more

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Synthesis in Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 72 papers, 16 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
72citing papers in PubMed, 16 pooled it
12.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

72 citing papers in PubMed, 16 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 126 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. A meta-analysis of eHealth interventions to promote physical activity in young, middle-aged, and late middle-aged adults with obesity or overweight.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025
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  10. Emotional Eating Interventions for Adults Living With Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Behaviour Change Techniques.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2025
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  16. Effective behavior change techniques to promote physical activity in adults with overweight or obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
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12 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 10 institutions in 8 countries.

Eliana CarraçaCIDEFES, Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Faculdade de Educação Física e Desporto, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0002-5789-811X
Jorge EncantadoApplied Psychology Research Center Capabilities & Inclusion, ISPA - University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0542-8340
Francesca BattistaSport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0760-1354
Kristine BeaulieuAppetite Control and Energy Balance Group, School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8926-6953
John BlundellAppetite Control and Energy Balance Group, School of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7085-9596
Luca BusettoObesity Management Task Force, European Association for the Study of Obesity, Teddington, UK.
Marleen van BaakNUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2592-6363
Dror DickerObesity Management Task Force, European Association for the Study of Obesity, Teddington, UK.
Andrea ErmolaoSport and Exercise Medicine Division, Department of Medicine, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0546-1514
Nathalie Farpour-LambertObesity Management Task Force, European Association for the Study of Obesity, Teddington, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6478-7269
Adriyan PramonoNUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Department of Human Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Euan WoodwardObesity Management Task Force, European Association for the Study of Obesity, Teddington, UK.
Alice BellichaINSERM, Nutrition and Obesities: Systemic Approaches, NutriOmics, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5572-487X
Jean-Michel OppertAssistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP), Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital, Department of Nutrition, Institute of Cardiometabolism and Nutrition, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.ORCID 0000-0003-0324-4820
University of Padua · ITMaastricht University Medical Centre · NLUniversity of Leeds · GBEuropean Association for the Study of Obesity · GBInserm · FRISPA - Instituto Universitário · PTRabin Medical Center · ILSorbonne Université · FRUniversidade Lusófona · PTUniversity of Geneva · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicomponent behavior change interventions are typically used in weight management, but results are largely heterogeneous and modest. Determining which techniques (behavior change technique [BCTs]) are more effective in changing behavior is thus required. This study aimed to identify the most effective BCTs for increasing physical activity (PA) in digital and face-to-face behavior change interventions in adults with overweight/obesity. Four databases were searched for eligible studies until October 2019. BCTs were coded using BCTTv1 and MBCT taxonomies. Sixty-two RCTs were included. Meta-regressions were performed to explore BCTs' moderating role. Five BCTs showed significant moderator effects on PA in digital interventions: goal setting behavior, goal setting outcome, graded tasks, social incentive, and self-monitoring of behavior (adjusted R

Indexed as

ExerciseOverweightAdultBehavior TherapyHumansMotivationObesityBCTsobesityoverweightphysical activity

Identifiers

PMID33949778
PMCPMC8365685
OpenAlexW3159450336

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Registered trials

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