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| Title |
Evaluation of a text supported weight maintenance programme ‘Lighten Up Plus’ following a weight reduction programme: randomised controlled trial
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| Published in |
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, February 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12966-016-0346-1 |
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| Authors |
Manbinder S. Sidhu, Amanda Daley, Kate Jolly |
| Abstract |
Many overweight people find it difficult to maintain weight loss after attending a weight reduction programme. Self-weighing and telephone support are known to be useful methods for self-monitoring for weight loss. We examined the effectiveness of an SMS-text messaging based weight maintenance programme to encourage regular self-weighing in adults who had completed a 12 week commercial weight loss programme. Randomised controlled trial of 380 obese or overweight men and women. The intervention group (N = 190) received a single maintenance support phone call and SMS-text based weight maintenance messages over 12 weeks to encourage regular self-weighing after completing their weight loss programme. The primary outcome was change in weight at 9 months follow up. Our sample (N = 380) had a mean age of 47.4 years (SD 13.4), mean baseline weight and BMI of 93.1 kg (16.1) and 34.4 kg/m(2) (5.0) respectively, as well as majority female (87.3 %) and White British (80.0 %). Using intention to treat analysis both groups regained weight at 9 months follow up; the intervention group regained an average of 1.36 kg while the control group regained 1.81 kg. Adjusting for covariates resulted in a mean difference of 0.45 kg (95 % CI -0.78, 1.67) favouring the intervention group at 9 month follow up. We found no evidence that an SMS based weight maintenance intervention encouraging adults to weigh themselves weekly prevented weight regain at 3 or 9 months after completing a commercial weight loss programme. Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN47845106 . |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 26% |
| United States | 2 | 6% |
| Australia | 2 | 6% |
| Singapore | 1 | 3% |
| Finland | 1 | 3% |
| India | 1 | 3% |
| Greece | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 14 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 16 | 52% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 26% |
| Members of the public | 7 | 23% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1% |
| Canada | 1 | 1% |
| Australia | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 81 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 12 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 14% |
| Researcher | 11 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 7 | 8% |
| Other | 12 | 14% |
| Unknown | 22 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 13 | 15% |
| Psychology | 12 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 14% |
| Sports and Recreations | 5 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 29 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 18. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 19 October 2017.
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#34,849
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