Self-Expansion is Associated with Better Adherence and Obesity Treatment Outcomes in Adults.

Background: Previous studies have shown that self-expansion (e.g., increasing positive self-content via engaging in novel, rewarding activities) is associated with smoking cessation and attenuated cigarette-cue reactivity.

Benefits of adding small financial incentives or optional group meetings to a web-based statewide obesity initiative.

Objective: To examine whether adding either small, variable financial incentives or optional group sessions improves weight losses in a community-based, Internet behavioral program.

Methods: Participants (N = 268) from Shape Up Rhode Island 2012, a 3-month Web-based community wellness initiative, were randomized to: Shape Up+Internet behavioral program (SI), Shape Up+Internet program+incentives (SII), or Shape Up+Internet program+group sessions (SIG).

Results: At the end of the 3-month program, SII achieved significantly greater weight losses than SI (SII: 6.

Adding evidence-based behavioral weight loss strategies to a statewide wellness campaign: a randomized clinical trial.

Objectives: We determined the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of adding an evidence-based Internet behavioral weight loss intervention alone or combined with optional group sessions to ShapeUp Rhode Island 2011 (SURI), a 3-month statewide wellness campaign.

Methods: We randomized participants (n = 230; body mass index = 34.3 ±6.