Exploring successes, barriers, and enablers in the one-year digital Healthy Weight Coaching.

Introduction: Healthcare professionals' perspectives are often overlooked in the evaluation of digital weight loss interventions. Thus, we examined how healthcare professionals perceive patient success in a one-year web-based weight management program, the Healthy Weight Coaching, aiming to identify key success factors and common challenges within the coaching process.

Methods: Thematic analysis was conducted on ten semi-structured interviews with healthcare professionals from the Healthy Weight Coaching.

An updated study protocol for a real-life digital 12-month weight management program, the Healthy Weight Coaching.

Obesity is an important health concern that poses many public health challenges. Evidence-based treatment modalities, capable of cost-effectively reaching large patient groups are needed. In this paper, we present the design and methods of the updated national, 12-month, digital weight management program, the Healthy Weight Coaching (HWC).

Gellan gum-gelatin based cardiac models support formation of cellular networks and functional cardiomyocytes.

Unlabelled: Cardiovascular diseases remain as the most common cause of death worldwide. To reveal the underlying mechanisms in varying cardiovascular diseases, in vitro models with cells and supportive biomaterial can be designed to recapitulate the essential components of human heart. In this study, we analyzed whether 3D co-culture of cardiomyocytes (CM) with vascular network and with adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (ASC) can support CM functionality.

Modifiable self-management practices impact nocturnal and morning glycaemia in type 1 diabetes.

Aims: To identify risk factors for nocturnal/morning hypo- and hyperglycaemia in type 1 diabetes.

Methods: Data on self-management practices were obtained from 3-day records. We studied the associations between self-management practices on the first recording day and the self-reported blood glucose (BG) concentrations on the subsequent night/morning.

Loneliness and its cross-sectional associations with health, health behaviours, and perceptions in Finnish patients with overweight or obesity taking part in the Healthy Weight Coaching.

Objective: To investigate cross-sectional associations between loneliness and health, health behaviours, and perceptions in Finnish individuals with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥25 kg/m).

Methods: We used baseline data from patients participating, in 2016-2022, in a real-life digital 12-month weight management program known as Healthy Weight Coaching. Patients completed several questionnaires such as those related to loneliness, healthcare resource utilization, physical activity, and life satisfaction.