Evaluation of a workplace weight management program based on WeChat platform for obese/overweight people in China using the RE-AIM framework.

ABSTRACT: A Weight Management Program (WMP) is a critical and promising approach to losing excess weight and maintaining a healthy lifestyle for obese/overweight people. This study used the RE-AIM framework to retrospectively evaluate a WeChat-based workplace WMP that include low- and high-intensity interventions - self-management (SM) and intensive support (IS) - designed for employees with varying levels of health risk at a Chinese company. Both interventions incorporated with a variety of m-health technologies and behavioral strategies. While the IS group additionally received personalized feedback on diet record and intensive social support. Approximately 26% of all overweight/obese employees in the company enrolled in the program. Both groups lost a significant amount of weight at the endpoint

SUBMITTER: Lin H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10276157 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature