TY - GEN
T1 - Systematic review of behavioral obesity interventions and their persuasive qualities
AU - Xu, Anna
AU - Chomutare, Taridzo
AU - Iyengar, Sriram
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this systematic review of weight loss interventions, we reviewed interventions aimed at maintaining weight loss, and identify persuasive elements that drive weight maintenance. Methods: We searched the Medline database for long-term obesity interventions, and targeted randomized control trials that aimed to reduce weight among adults for over 12 months, and extracted outcomes related to body weight change. Results: Seventeen publications were in the final review. Tailoring, or group counseling led by a health care professional, was shown to have a significant effect on long-term weight loss. Positive effects were also obtained by personalization (one-on-one counseling), competition (competing against other people trying to lose weight), and reminders. Conclusion: Maintaining weight loss long-term as so far eluded researchers, but results suggest that that some elements of the interventions are more greatly associated with weight maintenance than others. Future interventions might be more effective if they were based on persuasive technology.
AB - In this systematic review of weight loss interventions, we reviewed interventions aimed at maintaining weight loss, and identify persuasive elements that drive weight maintenance. Methods: We searched the Medline database for long-term obesity interventions, and targeted randomized control trials that aimed to reduce weight among adults for over 12 months, and extracted outcomes related to body weight change. Results: Seventeen publications were in the final review. Tailoring, or group counseling led by a health care professional, was shown to have a significant effect on long-term weight loss. Positive effects were also obtained by personalization (one-on-one counseling), competition (competing against other people trying to lose weight), and reminders. Conclusion: Maintaining weight loss long-term as so far eluded researchers, but results suggest that that some elements of the interventions are more greatly associated with weight maintenance than others. Future interventions might be more effective if they were based on persuasive technology.
KW - behavior
KW - obesity
KW - Persuasive technology
KW - systematic review
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-07127-5_26
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-07127-5_26
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84900547048
SN - 9783319071268
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 291
EP - 301
BT - Persuasive Technology - 9th International Conference, PERSUASIVE 2014, Proceedings
PB - Springer-Verlag
T2 - 9th International Conference on Persuasive Technology, PERSUASIVE 2014
Y2 - 21 May 2014 through 23 May 2014
ER -