Association between characteristics of behavioural weight loss programmes and weight change after programme end: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine if the characteristics of behavioural weight loss programmes influence the rate of change in weight after the end of the programme.

Design

Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources

Trial registries, 11 electronic databases, and forward citation searching (from database inception; latest search December 2019). Randomised trials of behavioural weight loss programmes in adults with overweight or obesity, reporting outcomes at ≥12 months, including at the end of the programme and after the end of the programme.

Review methods

Studies were screened by two independent reviewers with discrepancies resolved by discussion. 5% of the studies identified in the searches met the inclusion criteria. One reviewer extracted the data and a second

SUBMITTER: Hartmann-Boyce J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8369384 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature