Effectiveness of Goal-Directed and Outcome-Based Financial Incentives for Weight Loss in Primary Care Patients With Obesity Living in Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Financial incentives for weight management may increase use of evidence-based strategies while addressing obesity-related economic disparities in low-income populations.

Objective

To examine the effects of 2 financial incentive strategies developed using behavioral economic theory when added to provision of weight management resources.

Design, setting, and participants

Three-group, randomized clinical trial conducted from November 2017 to May 2021 at 3 hospital-based clinics in New York City, New York, and Los Angeles, California. A total of 1280 adults with obesity living in low-income neighborhoods were invited to participate, and 668 were enrolled.

Interventions

Participants were randomly assigned to goal-directed incentives, outcome-based incenti

SUBMITTER: Ladapo JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9857219 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature