Adherence
Digital Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) delivered via a mobile platform with daily psychologist feedback and assignments significantly improves weight loss and weight maintenance compared to self-directed digital tools in young adults with obesity.
If you are between 18 and 39 with a BMI between 25 and 40, using a digital CBT app with daily psychologist feedback and assignments for 8 weeks is a viable strategy for weight loss. This approach is more effective than using digital tools for self-care (like food diaries) alone. Ensure you have a smartphone and are motivated to use it.
We hypothesized that individuals randomized to the digital CBT group would lose weight and better maintain their weight loss than individuals in the control group.
Why this rating
Randomized Controlled Trial, but open-label and pilot/feasibility stage.
Source
Multidimensional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Obesity Applied by Psychologists Using a Digital Platform: Open-Label Randomized Controlled Trial
Meelim Kim et al. · JMIR mhealth and uhealth · 2020
DOI 10.2196/14817
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