Weight Loss and Usage of an Online Commercial Weight Loss Program (the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet Online) Delivered in an Everyday Context: Five-Year Evaluation in a Community Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Obesity is a global public health challenge, and there is a need for more evidence-based self-management programs that support longer-term, sustained weight loss.

Objective

This study used data from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Total Wellbeing Diet Online program to determine the reach and weight loss results over its first 5 years.

Methods

Participants were adults who joined the commercial weight loss program of their own volition between October 2014 and September 2019 (N=61,164). Information collected included year of birth, sex, height, weight, and usage data (eg, entries into the food diary, views of the menu, and program content). Weight loss and percentage of starting body weight lost were calculated. Membe

SUBMITTER: Hendrie GA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8218211 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature