Long-term Effectiveness of a Smartphone App Combined With a Smart Band on Weight Loss, Physical Activity, and Caloric Intake in a Population With Overweight and Obesity (Evident 3 Study): Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Multicomponent mobile health approaches can improve lifestyle intervention results, although little is known about their long-term effectiveness.

Objective

This study aims to evaluate the long-term effectiveness (12 months) of a multicomponent mobile health intervention-combining a smartphone app, an activity tracker wristband, and brief counseling, compared with a brief counseling group only-on weight loss and improving body composition, physical activity, and caloric intake in Spanish sedentary adults with overweight or obesity.

Methods

We conducted a randomized controlled, multicenter clinical trial (Evident 3). A total of 650 participants were recruited from 5 primary care centers, with 318 participants in the intervention group (IG) and 332 in the cont

SUBMITTER: Lugones-Sanchez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8848250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature