{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["33(10)"],"submitter":["Kurtzman GW"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Background</h4>Social networks influence obesity patterns, but interventions to leverage social incentives to promote weight loss have not been well evaluated.<h4>Objective</h4>To test the effectiveness of gamification interventions designed using insights from behavioral economics to enhance social incentives to promote weight loss.<h4>Design</h4>The Leveraging Our Social Experiences and Incentives Trial (LOSE IT) was a 36-week randomized, controlled trial with a 24-week intervention and 12-week follow-up.<h4>Participants</h4>One hundred and ninety-six obese adults (body mass index ≥ 30) comprising 98 two-person teams.<h4>Interventions</h4>All participants received a wireless weight scale, used smartphones to track daily step counts, formed two-person teams with a family member or fri"],"journal":["Journal of general internal medicine"],"pagination":["1669-1675"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6153249"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Social Incentives and Gamification to Promote Weight Loss: The LOSE IT Randomized, Controlled Trial."],"pmcid":["PMC6153249"],"pubmed_authors":["Kurtzman GW","Patel MS","Day SC","Lynch M","Rareshide CAL","Zhu J","Small DS","Wang W"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Social Incentives and Gamification to Promote Weight Loss: The LOSE IT Randomized, Controlled Trial.","description":"<h4>Background</h4>Social networks influence obesity patterns, but interventions to leverage social incentives to promote weight loss have not been well evaluated.<h4>Objective</h4>To test the effectiveness of gamification interventions designed using insights from behavioral economics to enhance social incentives to promote weight loss.<h4>Design</h4>The Leveraging Our Social Experiences and Incentives Trial (LOSE IT) was a 36-week randomized, controlled trial with a 24-week intervention and 12-week follow-up.<h4>Participants</h4>One hundred and ninety-six obese adults (body mass index ≥ 30) comprising 98 two-person teams.<h4>Interventions</h4>All participants received a wireless weight scale, used smartphones to track daily step counts, formed two-person teams with a family member or fri","dates":{"release":"2018-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2018 Oct","modification":"2026-06-08T04:17:41.86Z","creation":"2026-06-08T03:14:15.043Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC6153249","cross_references":{"pubmed":["30003481"],"doi":["10.1007/s11606-018-4552-1"]}}