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Personal coaching enhanced by mobile self-monitoring produces significant short-term weight loss (6 months) in young adults compared to control, but this effect is not sustained at 12 or 24 months.
Personal coaching can help you lose weight in the short term, but it may not be enough to keep it off long-term. To maintain weight loss, you might need more frequent coaching, more sessions, or a combination of coaching and technology that adapts to your needs over time.
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PC participants lost significantly more weight than Controls at 6 months (net effect -1.92 kg [CI -3.17, -0.67], P = 0.003), but not at 12 and 24 months.
Why this rating
Randomized, controlled trial with robust statistical analysis.
Source
Cell phone intervention for you (CITY): A randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology
Laura P. Svetkey et al. · Obesity · 2015
DOI 10.1002/oby.21226
rct · n=365Cited 165×
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