Adherence
A behavioral weight loss maintenance intervention provides a clinically meaningful but statistically non-significant weight advantage (approx. 3 kg) over usual care for up to two years after the active intervention period ends.
This study suggests that learning weight maintenance skills during a structured program can help you keep weight off for at least two years after the program ends, even if you stop seeing the coach. While the statistical proof isn't perfect due to real-world data variability, the average benefit was about 3kg (6.6 lbs) compared to doing nothing. The key is transitioning from coach-led support to self-managed maintenance skills.
One and two years later, differences of approximately 3 kg suggest a clinically meaningful, enduring benefit of the intervention. Though not significant, the between-group difference was clinically meaningful 24 months following trial completion...
Why this rating
Randomized controlled trial design but with wide confidence intervals and lack of statistical significance due to EHR data variability.
Source
Two‐year weight trajectories following completion of a behavioral weight loss maintenance intervention
Kara L. Gavin et al. · Obesity Science & Practice · 2021
DOI 10.1002/osp4.491
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