Satisfaction with a weight loss program: what matters?

Purpose: Satisfaction is understudied in weight loss programs. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between participant/program experiences and satisfaction with a weight loss intervention.

Design: A prospective cohort design was utilized.

Telephone counseling and home telemonitoring: the Weigh by Day Trial.

Objective: To test the effects of telephone counseling and telemonitoring on weight loss.

Methods: A randomized-controlled trial was conducted over 18 months. Participants were assigned to an immediate or delayed-start group.

Self-weighing promotes weight loss for obese adults.

Background: Frequent self-weighing has been proposed as an adjuvant strategy to promote weight loss. Not all experts agree on its utility, and the literature supporting its effectiveness is somewhat limited by methodologic shortcomings related to the subjective assessment of self-weighing frequency.

Design: A prospective cohort design was utilized to examine 100 participants enrolled in a weight-loss trial that encouraged frequent, objectively measured self-weighing at home.