Examining the pattern of new foods and beverages consumed during obesity treatment to inform strategies for self-monitoring intake.

Maintaining dietary self-monitoring during obesity treatment may improve outcomes. As dietary variety is associated with energy intake, understanding the pattern of when new foods and beverages are consumed may assist with identifying when self-monitoring should occur. This study examined dietary variety (total number of differing foods and beverages consumed) from the first 40 days of self-monitoring records reporting ≥ 3 eating occasions and >600 kcal/day from 60 adults (55.

Weight loss in Weight Watchers Online with and without an activity tracking device compared to control: A randomized trial.

Objective: To evaluate a commercial online weight loss program and activity tracker, which are popular but have unknown efficacy.

Methods: Two hundred seventy-nine participants with BMI 27 to 40 kg/m were randomized to 12 months of the Weight Watchers Online program alone (WWO) or with the ActiveLink activity tracking device (WWO+AL) or an online newsletter (Control).

Results: Weight losses at 3 months were significantly greater in WWO (2.