2020
DOI: 10.1177/0890117120905709
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Effects of Intervention Characteristics on Willingness to Initiate a Weight Gain Prevention Program

Abstract: Purpose: To determine characteristics of weight gain prevention programs that facilitate engagement. Design: Randomized factorial experiment (5 × 2). Setting: Recruited nationally online. Participants: Adults aged 18 to 75 with body mass index ≥25 who decline a behavioral weight loss intervention (n = 498). Measures: Participants were randomly presented with one of 10 possible descriptions of hypothetical, free weight gain prevention programs that were all low dose and technology-based but differed in regard t… Show more

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“…The nutritional intervention with DietBra was based on natural and minimally processed foods, and extra-virgin olive oil was supplemented in the food form, not in capsules. There was a low loss to follow-up rate (15.0%), considering that obese individuals with or without T2DM generally have low adherence to treatments ( 65 , 66 ). Given the prevalence of around 4% of the general population, it is hard to perform studies with a large number of individuals with both class II/III obesity and T2DM.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…The nutritional intervention with DietBra was based on natural and minimally processed foods, and extra-virgin olive oil was supplemented in the food form, not in capsules. There was a low loss to follow-up rate (15.0%), considering that obese individuals with or without T2DM generally have low adherence to treatments ( 65 , 66 ). Given the prevalence of around 4% of the general population, it is hard to perform studies with a large number of individuals with both class II/III obesity and T2DM.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 98%