Effect of Escalating Financial Incentive Rewards on Maintenance of Weight Loss: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Identifying effective strategies for treating obesity is a public health priority.

Objective

To test an escalating lottery-based incentive tied to daily self-weighing for weight loss maintenance.

Design, setting, and participants

This 2-phase, 2-arm randomized clinical trial enrolled participants aged 30 to 80 years with an initial body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared) of 30.0 to 45.0 who lost at least 5 kg during 4 to 6 months in a national online weight management program. Study investigators and outcomes assessors were blinded to participant groups. Data were collected and analyzed from May 23, 2016, through November 13, 2017, based on intention to treat.

Interventions

All participants were advised

SUBMITTER: Yancy WS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6826643 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature