Personalized Web-Based Weight Loss Behavior Change Program With and Without Dietitian Online Coaching for Adults With Overweight and Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The effect of computer- or human-delivered personalized feedback on the effectivess of web-based behavior change platforms for weight loss is unclear.

Objective

We aimed to compare the effectiveness of a web-based behavior change intervention personalized through either computerized or human-delivered feedback with a nonpersonalized intervention in promoting weight loss in community-based adults with overweight or obesity.

Methods

This pragmatic, 3-group, parallel-arm, randomized trial recruited students and staff in a Brazilian public university who were aged 18 to 60 years, had a BMI of ≥25 kg/m², and were not pregnant. Participants were allocated to one of 3 groups: platform only (24-week behavior change program delivered using a web platform

SUBMITTER: Beleigoli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7677024 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature