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ArticleContemporary clinical trials2021

The daily Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary Care Study: Rationale, design and methodology.

Gareth R Dutton, Amber W Kinsey, Carrie R Howell, Maria Pisu, Amy E Dobelstein, David B Allison, Pengcheng Xun, David A Levitsky, Kevin Fontaine

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Article in Contemporary clinical trials, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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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

4 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. [Cost-effectiveness of the Lose Weight, Gain Life program].Revista medica del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Gareth R DuttonDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Electronic address: gdutton@uabmc.edu.
Amber W KinseyDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Electronic address: akinsey@uabmc.edu.
Carrie R HowellDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Electronic address: chowell@uabmc.edu.
Maria PisuDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Electronic address: mpisu@uabmc.edu.
Amy E DobelsteinDepartment of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1717 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205, USA. Electronic address: adobelst@uabmc.edu.
David B AllisonDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1025 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA. Electronic address: allison@iu.edu.
Pengcheng XunDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Indiana University-Bloomington, 1025 E. 7th Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
David A LevitskyDivision of Nutritional Sciences, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, 244 Garden Ave, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. Electronic address: dal4@cornell.edu.
Kevin FontaineDepartment of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1665 University Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA. Electronic address: kfontai1@uab.edu.

Funding

Why is the prevalence of obesity so high in U.S. Southern States? Regional predictors of BMI and obesity treatment response.P30DK056336 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI James O Hill · 2000 to 2026
$31.9M
University of Alabama at Birmingham's Diabetes Research CenterP30DK079626 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI Stuart J Frank · 2013 to 2026
$19.5M
Daily Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary CareR01DK118939 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DUTTON, GARETH R, FONTAINE, KEVIN R · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK056336NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK079626NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118939
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background Daily self-weighing (DSW) may be an effective harm-reduction intervention to disrupt continued weight gain. Self-Weighing for Obesity Management in Primary Care (SWOP) is a 24-month randomized controlled trial in 400 adults with obesity (BMI: kg/m

Indexed as

Obesity ManagementAdultCost-Benefit AnalysisHumansObesityPrimary Health CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicWeight GainHarm reductionPrimary careWeight management

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PMID34082075
PMCPMC8429187

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