An Adaptive Telephone Coaching Intervention for Patients in an Online Weight Loss Program: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Weight loss (WL) during the first month of a behavioral program is associated with longer-term WL. Testing of translatable and adaptive obesity programs is needed.

Objective

To compare brief, extended, and no telephone coaching for individuals with suboptimal response (ie, 1-month WL <4%) within an online WL program.

Design, setting, and participants

This randomized clinical trial with enrollment between March 2019 and April 2022 (data collection completed May 2023) was conducted at an academic research center in the US. Eligible participants included adults aged 18 to 70 years with daily access to internet and a body mass index between 25 and 45.

Interventions

All participants received an automated online WL program (4 months) and WL maintenance pro

SUBMITTER: Unick JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11161849 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature