Social Incentives and Gamification to Promote Weight Loss: The LOSE IT Randomized, Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Social networks influence obesity patterns, but interventions to leverage social incentives to promote weight loss have not been well evaluated.

Objective

To test the effectiveness of gamification interventions designed using insights from behavioral economics to enhance social incentives to promote weight loss.

Design

The Leveraging Our Social Experiences and Incentives Trial (LOSE IT) was a 36-week randomized, controlled trial with a 24-week intervention and 12-week follow-up.

Participants

One hundred and ninety-six obese adults (body mass index ≥ 30) comprising 98 two-person teams.

Interventions

All participants received a wireless weight scale, used smartphones to track daily step counts, formed two-person teams with a family member or fri

SUBMITTER: Kurtzman GW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6153249 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature