Self-Monitoring via Digital Health in Weight Loss Interventions: A Systematic Review Among Adults with Overweight or Obesity.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Self-monitoring is a core component of behavioral obesity treatment, but it is unknown how digital health has been used for self-monitoring, what engagement rates are achieved in these interventions, and how self-monitoring and weight loss are related.

Methods

This systematic review examined digital self-monitoring in behavioral weight loss interventions among adults with overweight or obesity. Six databases (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, PsycInfo, CINAHL, and ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) were searched for randomized controlled trials with interventions ≥ 12 weeks, weight outcomes ≥ 6 months, and outcomes on self-monitoring engagement and their relationship to weight loss.

Results

Thirty-nine studies from 2009 to 2019 met inclusion criteria. Among the 67 inter

SUBMITTER: Patel ML 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12838191 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature