Enhancing long-term weight loss maintenance: 2 year results from the Keep It Off randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Keep It Off trial evaluated the efficacy of a phone-based weight loss maintenance intervention among adults who had recently lost weight in Minnesota (2007-2010).

Methods

419 adults who had recently lost ≥ 10% of their body weight were randomized to the "Guided" or "Self-Directed" intervention. Guided participants received a 10 session workbook, 10 biweekly, eight monthly and six bimonthly phone coaching calls, bimonthly weight graphs and tailored letters based on self-reported weights. Self-Directed participants received the workbook and two calls. Primary outcomes are weight change and maintenance (regain of <2.5% of baseline body weight).

Results

Mixed model repeated-measures analysis examining weight change revealed a significant time by treatment gr

SUBMITTER: Sherwood NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3582705 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature