Consumer Preferences in Format and Type of Community-Based Weight Control Programs

Sherwood, Nancy E.; Morton, Noelle; Jeffery, Robert W.; French, Simone A.; Neumark‐Sztainer, Dianne; Falkner, Nicole H.

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“…Participants could participate in a face-to-face weight control short course conducted by a health educator, aerobics classes, group walks, exercise seminars, a one-month membership of exercise facilities with free childcare, a correspondence weight control course, a marathon, a recipe contest, and the`5&3' Challenge, in which participants were challenged to exercise at least 20 min and to eat ®ve servings of fruit andaor vegetables on a minimum of 3 days per week. 44 Fitzgibbon, Stolley et al 40,46 reported two interventions among African-American mothers and daughters aimed at obesity prevention by dietary change. During the 6-week pilot-study, 40 weekly one-hour meetings led by a clinical psychologist or a graduate clinical psychology student took place.…”

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“…36 ± 46 Seven interventions were undertaken in the USA, and two in Italy. Two papers referred to an intervention with African-American mothers and daughters, 40,46 two papers to the Pound of Prevention study, 43,44 and two papers to the Pathways study. 36,42 Four interventions took place in the community 40,41,43,44,46 and ®ve were schoolbased.…”

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“…While these might be classi®ed as behavioural, the study did not use other behavioural methods, so we classi®ed it separately. The Pound of Prevention programme and study 41,43,44 and the study by Stolley and Fitzgibbon 46 appeared to use a behavioural model with behaviour change methods commonly used in clinical psychology, such as selfmonitoring, use of incentives, increasing skills and goal setting.…”

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“…36,38,40,42 ± 46 Group interventions 40,41,43,44,46 and involvement of friends 43,44 were less common. Six interventions 36,38,41 ± 46 used printed or written materials, and video 38 and audio-visual materials 45 were each used in one study.…”

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“…All interventions used information, of which two 37,45 exclusively relied on this method, and one used environmental changes alongside information. 39 Otherwise, the most commonly used methods were rehearsal of relevant skills, 36 36,44,46 and the use of social encouragement or support. 36,44,46 A wider range of behaviour change methods was typically used by those interventions characterised as using a behavioural or Social LearningaCognitive Model.…”

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Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods

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OBJECTIVE: To identify and review published interventions aimed at the prevention of weight gain. DESIGN: A systematic review of published interventions aimed at the prevention of weight gain. METHODS: Search strategies Ð we searched eight databases, manually checked reference lists and contacted authors. Inclusion and exclusion criteria Ð studies of any design, in which participants were selected regardless of weight or age, were included. Interventions targeting a speci®c subgroup, multifactorial interventions, interventions aimed at weight loss, and those with an ambiguous aim were excluded. Data extraction Ð data were extracted on behaviours targeted for change, psychological model, behaviour change methods and modes of delivery, methodological quality, characteristics of participants, and outcomes related to body weight and self-reported diet and physical activity. Classification and validation Ð a taxonomy of behaviour change programmes was developed and used for classi®cation of underlying model, behaviour change methods, and modes of delivery. The data extraction and subsequent classi®cation were independently validated. RESULTS: Eleven publications were included, describing ®ve distinct interventions in schools and four in the wider community. Where diet and physical activity were described, positive effects were usually obtained, but all were measured by self-report. Effects on weight were mixed but follow-up was generally short. Smaller effects on weight gain were found among low-income participants, students and smokers. Many participants in the community-based studies were overweight or obese. Study dropout was higher among thinner and lower-income subjects. CONCLUSION: Interventions to prevent weight gain exhibited various degrees of effectiveness. De®nite statements about the elements of the interventions that were associated with increased effect size cannot be made as only one of the ®ve studies that involved an RCT design reported a signi®cant effect on weight. This intervention involved a correspondence programme and a mix of behaviour change methods including goal setting, self-monitoring and contingencies. Future interventions might be more effective if they were explicitly based on methods of behaviour change that have been shown to work in other contexts. Effective interventions would be more easily replicated if they were explicitly described. Effectiveness might be more precisely demonstrated if more objective measures of physical activity and diet were used, and if the follow-up was over a longer period.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Search Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Search Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Using Internet Technology to Deliver a Behavioral Weight Loss Program

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Wing²,

Winett

2001

JAMA

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Effects of Internet Behavioral Counseling on Weight Loss in Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

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Wing

2003

JAMA

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Objective To compare the effects of an Internet weight loss program alone vs with the addition of behavioral counseling via e-mail provided for 1 year to individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes.Design, Setting, and Participants A single-center randomized controlled trial conducted from September 2001 to September 2002 in Providence, RI, of 92 overweight adults whose mean (SD) age was 48.5 (9.4) years and body mass index, 33.1 (3.8).Interventions Participants were randomized to a basic Internet (n=46) or to an Internet plus behavioral e-counseling program (n=46). Both groups received 1 face-to-face counseling session and the same core Internet programs and were instructed to submit weekly weights. Participants in e-counseling submitted calorie and exercise information and received weekly e-mail behavioral counseling and feedback from a counselor. Main Outcome MeasuresMeasured weight and waist circumference at 0 and 12 months.Results Intent-to-treat analyses showed the behavioral e-counseling group lost more mean (SD) weight at 12 months than the basic Internet group (−4.4 [6.2] vs −2.0 [5.7] kg; P=.04), and had greater decreases in percentage of initial body weight (4.8% vs 2.2%; P=.03), body mass index (−1.6 [2.2] vs −0.8 [2.1]; P=.03), and waist circumference (−7.2 [7.5] vs −4.4 [5.7] cm; P=.05).Conclusion Adding e-mail counseling to a basic Internet weight loss intervention program significantly improved weight loss in adults at risk of diabetes.

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Consumer Preferences in Format and Type of Community-Based Weight Control Programs

Cited by 74 publications

References 12 publications

Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods

Interventions to prevent weight gain: a systematic review of psychological models and behaviour change methods

Using Internet Technology to Deliver a Behavioral Weight Loss Program

Effects of Internet Behavioral Counseling on Weight Loss in Adults at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

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