And intensive diet and lifestyle programs work well for weight loss. Participants had significant weight loss compared to controls, averaging between 1 and 20 pounds, with an average weight loss of 5 pounds overall, and were more likely to have lost 5% of their total body weight at 12 to 18 months. Thirteen trials looked at diabetes risk and pooled results showed that participants had a significantly lower risk of developing diabetes. In addition, participants in the 3 groups received general information on weight control, diet and exercise, and all participants were eligible for population health monitoring for hypertension, type 2 diabetes, or both as part of standard care.
The difference between the initial weight and the weight at the end of use of the program was calculated for all KiloCoach users, and the differences between those who completed and those who did not complete it, as well as between female and male users were analyzed. This is encouraging news, because the new program is cheaper than existing ones and does not require the counseling and face-to-face classes that make other programs more difficult to start and follow, researchers say. Stratified by gender, mean weight loss as a percentage of baseline weight was comparable for overweight and obese men (n %3D 300; 4.9 ± 5.4%) and women (n %3D 459; 4.2 ± 5.5%; p %3D 0.1), although men lost significantly more weight than women (5.0 ± 5.8 kg vs. Considering the above, I asked Wunder and Gillespie).
about some of the most popular weight loss programs. However, most online programs have been short-lived, focused on a limited number of treatment modalities, and have not used the potential of training as part of the intervention. The new program, currently known as Optimizing Intensive Lifestyle Treatment for Obesity (Opt-in), is facilitated through a smartphone application, with which users learn about healthy weight loss and record their daily meals and exercises. The KiloCoach program is a commercial Internet-based weight loss program available in German-speaking countries Germany, Austria and Switzerland (www.
The word diet has such negative connotations because of the way it is used with regard to weight loss. The combination of population health management with an online program resulted in a small but statistically significant amount of greater weight loss at 12 months compared to regular care or the online program alone. Main results and measurements The main outcome was the change in weight at 12 months based on the measured weights recorded in the electronic medical record. Findings In this randomized, group-wise trial of 840 overweight or obese patients with a diagnosis of hypertension or type 2 diabetes, mean weight loss at 12 months was 1.2 kg in the routine care group, 1.9 kg in the online program only group, and 3.1 kg in the online program combined with population health.
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