Using the Habit App for Weight Loss Problem Solving: Development and Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Reviews of weight loss mobile apps have revealed they include very few evidence-based features, relying mostly on self-monitoring. Unfortunately, adherence to self-monitoring is often low, especially among patients with motivational challenges. One behavioral strategy that is leveraged in virtually every visit of behavioral weight loss interventions and is specifically used to deal with adherence and motivational issues is problem solving. Problem solving has been successfully implemented in depression mobile apps, but not yet in weight loss apps.

Objective

This study describes the development and feasibility testing of the Habit app, which was designed to automate problem-solving therapy for weight loss.

Methods

Two iterative single-arm pilot studies were

SUBMITTER: Pagoto S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6031896 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature