Importance of Multiple Reinforcing Comments and Areas for Change in Optimizing Dietary and Exercise Self-Monitoring Feedback in Behavioral Weight Loss Programs: Factorial Design.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Individualized dietary and physical activity self-monitoring feedback is a core element of behavioral weight loss interventions and is associated with clinically significant weight loss. To our knowledge, no studies have evaluated individuals' perspectives on the composition of feedback messages or the effect of feedback composition on the motivation to self-monitor.

Objective

This study aims to assess the perceptions of feedback emails as a function of the number of comments that reinforce healthy behavior and the number of areas for change (ie, behavioral changes that the individual might make to have an impact on weight) identified.

Methods

Emailed feedback followed a factorial design with 2 factors (ie, reinforcing comments and areas for change), each w

SUBMITTER: Krukowski R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7685695 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature