An addiction-based digital weight loss intervention: A multi-centre randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This randomized clinical trial tested the effectiveness of an addiction-based digital weight-loss intervention, focusing on withdrawal/abstinence from self-identified problem foods, snacking and excessive amounts at meals, and discomfort displacement, with and without coaching, compared to an in-person, multi-disciplinary, care model among adolescents with obesity. We hypothesized that the digital intervention with coaching would yield greater weight loss and lower delivery burden than the standard clinical arm, and greater participant engagement than the digital arm without coaching.

Methods

Adolescents were randomized to app intervention, with or without coaching, or in-person multidisciplinary obesity intervention for 6 months. The primary outcome was change in

SUBMITTER: Vidmar AP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9905275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature