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ArticleObesity science & practice2026

Partner Weight Loss and Diet Outcomes at 24 Months in a Randomized Controlled Trial of a Dyadic Versus Individual Weight Management Intervention.

Kristen E Gray, Laura S Porter, Ryan J Shaw, Kara L Gavin, Scott J Hetzel, Megan A Lewis, Samantha Pabich, Heather M Johnson, Felix Elwert, Lu Mao and 3 more

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Article in Obesity science & practice, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03801174 (Using Partners to Enhance Long-Term Weight Loss), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT03801174 nacompletednot on this map

Using Partners to Enhance Long-Term Weight Loss

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonRan2019 to 2023Enrolled346ConditionsObesityArmsPartner-assisted intervention, Patient-only intervention
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Kristen E GrayHealth Systems Research VA Puget Sound Health Care System Seattle Washington USA.
Laura S PorterDepartment of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Duke School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2962-2378
Ryan J ShawDuke University School of Nursing Durham North Carolina USA.
Kara L GavinDepartment of Medicine School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin USA.
Scott J HetzelDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin USA.
Megan A LewisRTI International Research Triangle Park North Carolina USA.
Samantha PabichWilliam S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison Wisconsin USA.
Heather M JohnsonBaptist Health South Florida/Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton Florida USA.
Felix ElwertDepartment of Sociology, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Population Health Sciences University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin USA.
Lu MaoDepartment of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics School of Medicine and Public Health University of Wisconsin Madison Wisconsin USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8626-9822
Katya GarzaDepartment of Kinesiology University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education Madison Wisconsin USA.
William S YancyDepartment of Medicine Duke University School of Medicine Durham North Carolina USA.
Corrine I VoilsWilliam S Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital Madison Wisconsin USA.

Funding

Using partners to enhance long-term weight lossR01DK111491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI VOILS, CORRINE IONE · 2018 to 2022
$3.0M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK111491
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Including romantic partners as supports in behavioral weight management programs targeting index participants could yield spillover effects, but few studies have explored the effects on partners. Methods: Dyads included an index participant with BMI ≥ 27 kg/m Results: Most partners identified as male (63%) and White (88%). Mean baseline weight and BMI were 98 kg (SD 28.1) and 32 kg/m Conclusions: Involving romantic partners is an efficient weight management approach that generates meaningful long-term weight loss for cohabitating partners despite them not being the direct targets for weight loss. Trial Registration: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT03801174.

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behavioral therapiesobesityrandomized controlled trialsocial support

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PMID42592072
PMCPMC13463752

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