Adherence
Improving self-efficacy for controlling eating (resisting overeating in various situations) during the first month of a digital weight loss intervention is associated with increased dietary self-monitoring engagement, but not with significant weight loss at 3 months.
Building confidence in your ability to resist overeating in difficult situations (like parties or stress) can help you stick to your food tracking habits in a digital weight loss program. However, this specific confidence boost alone may not be enough to guarantee weight loss; you must also build confidence in the act of tracking your food itself.
Positive change from baseline to 1 month in self-efficacy for controlling eating was associated with higher dietary self-monitoring engagement (r = 0.21, P = .008) but not with 3-month weight change (r = -0.20, P = .052).
Why this rating
Secondary analysis with moderate sample size; the weight loss association was not statistically significant (P = .052).
Source
Yes I can! Exploring the impact of self-efficacy in a digital weight loss intervention
Angel E Cleare et al. · Annals of Behavioral Medicine · 2024
DOI 10.1093/abm/kaae085
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