Comparison of Internet and Telephone Interventions for Weight Loss Among Cancer Survivors: Randomized Controlled Trial and Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Weight loss interventions have been successfully delivered via several modalities, but recent research has focused on more disseminable and sustainable means such as telephone- or Internet-based platforms.

Objective

The aim of this study was to compare an Internet-delivered weight loss intervention to a comparable telephone-delivered weight loss intervention.

Methods

This randomized pilot study examined the effects of 6-month telephone- and Internet-delivered social cognitive theory-based weight loss interventions among 37 cancer survivors. Measures of body composition, physical activity, diet, and physical performance were the outcomes of interest.

Results

Participants in the telephone intervention (n=13) showed greater decreases in waist circumfere

SUBMITTER: Cox M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5637068 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature