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Evidence-Based Digital Tools for Weight Loss Maintenance: The NoHoW Project

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OBESITY FACTS
卷 14, 期 3, 页码 320-333

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KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000515663

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Emotion regulation; Information and communication technologies; Motivation; Obesity; Self-regulation; Weight loss maintenance

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  1. European Union [643309]
  2. Oak Foundation [OCAY-18-774-OFIL]

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The project examined weight loss and maintenance attempts of European citizens and developed a digital toolkit based on self-management of behavior and emotional responses. The NoHoW trial tested the efficacy of this toolkit in adults who achieved significant weight loss, focusing on long-term behavior and user experience, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness.
Background: Effective interventions and commercial programmes for weight loss (WL) are widely available, but most people regain weight. Few effective WL maintenance (WLM) solutions exist. The most promising evidence-based behaviour change techniques for WLM are self-monitoring, goal setting, action planning and control, building self-efficacy, and techniques that promote autonomous motivation (e.g., provide choice). Stress management and emotion regulation techniques show potential for prevention of relapse and weight regain. Digital technologies (including networked-wireless tracking technologies, online tools and smartphone apps, multimedia resources, and internet-based support) offer attractive tools for teaching and supporting long-term behaviour change techniques. However, many digital offerings for weight management tend not to include evidencebased content and the evidence base is still limited. The Project: First, the project examined why, when, and how many European citizens make WL and WLM attempts and how successful they are. Second, the project employed the most up-to-date behavioural science research to develop a digital toolkit for WLM based on 2 key conditions, i.e., self-management (self-regulation and motivation) of behaviour and self-management of emotional responses for WLM. Then, the NoHoW trial tested the efficacy of this digital tool-kit in adults who achieved clinically significant (>= 5%) WL in the previous 12 months (initial BMI >= 25). The primary outcome was change in weight (kg) at 12 months from baseline. Secondary outcomes included biological, psychological, and behavioural moderators and mediators of long-term energy balance (EB) behaviours, and user experience, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness. Impact: The project will directly feed results from studies on European consumer behaviour, design and evaluation of digital toolkits self-management of EB behaviours into development of new products and services for WLM and digital health. The project has developed a framework and digital architecture for interventions in the context of EB tracking and will generate results that will help inform the next generation of personalised interventions for effective self-management of weight and health. (c) 2021 The Author(s) Published by S. Karger AG, Basel

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