Self-monitoring as a mediator of weight loss in the SMART randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Integral components of behavioral weight-loss treatment include self-monitoring of diet and physical activity along with feedback to participants regarding their behaviors. While providing feedback has been associated with weight loss, no studies have examined the impact of feedback frequency on weight loss or the mediating role of self-monitoring adherence in this relationship.

Purpose

This study examined the effect of participant feedback frequency on weight loss and determined if this effect was mediated by adherence to self-monitoring in a behavioral weight-loss trial conducted in the USA.

Method

Participants (N = 210) were randomly assigned to one of three self-monitoring methods with either no-daily feedback messages or daily feedback messages: (1) pa

SUBMITTER: Turk MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3529986 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature