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Encouraging frequent self-weighing can improve the efficacy of weight loss programs at a national level.
Practitioners should consider integrating self-weighing into weight loss programs to enhance effectiveness.
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These results suggest that encouraging frequent self‐weighing can improve the efficacy of weight loss programs at a national level, at very low additional cost.
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Based on the large sample size and randomized trial design.
Source
Self‐Weighing Increases Weight Loss in Free‐Living Adults: A Double‐Blind Randomized Field Trial among 200,000 Health App Users
Sarah Novello et al. · The FASEB Journal · 2015
DOI 10.1096/fasebj.29.1_supplement.594.9
rct · n=184955Cited 1×
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