Integrating technology into standard weight loss treatment: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A challenge in intensive obesity treatment is making care scalable. Little is known about whether the outcome of physician-directed weight loss treatment can be improved by adding mobile technology.

Methods

We conducted a 2-arm, 12-month study (October 1, 2007, through September 31, 2010). Seventy adults (body mass index >25 and ≤40 [calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared]) were randomly assigned either to standard-of-care group treatment alone (standard group) or to the standard and connective mobile technology system (+mobile group). Participants attended biweekly weight loss groups held by the Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic. The +mobile group was provided personal digital assistants to self-monitor diet and physical activity;

SUBMITTER: Spring B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3684245 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature