Effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to prevent weight gain over the Christmas holiday period: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test the effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to prevent weight gain over the Christmas holiday period.

Design

Two group, double blinded randomised controlled trial.

Setting

Recruitment from workplaces, social media platforms, and schools pre-Christmas 2016 and 2017 in Birmingham, UK.

Participants

272 adults aged 18 years or more with a body mass index of 20 or more: 136 were randomised to a brief behavioural intervention and 136 to a leaflet on healthy living (comparator). Baseline assessments were conducted in November and December with follow-up assessments in January and February (4-8 weeks after baseline).

Interventions

The intervention aimed to increase restraint of eating and drinking through regular self weighing and rec

SUBMITTER: Mason F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6287121 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature