Research
Adherence
A behavioral weight loss maintenance intervention involving monthly brief contacts provides a modest but statistically significant long-term advantage in weight loss retention compared to a self-directed approach, even if the benefit of extending the intervention itself is null.
If you are trying to maintain weight loss, engaging in a structured maintenance program (like monthly check-ins with a coach or a structured app) for the first 2-3 years can help you retain more weight than trying to do it entirely on your own. However, you do not necessarily need to stay in that program forever.
GoodQualifiesHIGH confidence
across the entire study, weight loss was slightly greater in those originally assigned to PC.
Why this rating
RCT with long follow-up and high retention, though the effect size is small.
Source
The impact of continued intervention on weight: Five‐year results from the weight loss maintenance trial
Janelle W. Coughlin et al. · Obesity · 2016
rct · n=489Cited 34×
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