Identification of minimum thresholds for dietary self-monitoring to promote weight-loss maintenance.

Objective: Reduced schedules of dietary self-monitoring are typically recommended after the end of behavioral weight-loss programs; however, there exists little empirical evidence to guide these recommendations.

Methods: We explored potential thresholds for dietary self-monitoring during a 9-month maintenance period following a 3-month weight-loss program in 74 adults with overweight or obesity (mean [SD] age = 50.7 [10.

Characterising individual variability in associations between self-monitoring and weight change during and after a behavioral weight management program.

Objective: Greater self-monitoring of caloric intake and weight has been associated with success at both initial weight loss and long-term maintenance. Given the existence of wide variability in weight loss outcomes and the key role of self-monitoring within behavioral weight management interventions, this study examined individual variability in associations between self-monitoring and weight change and whether demographic factors could predict who may best benefit from self-monitoring.

Methods: Participants were 72 adults with overweight or obesity (mean ± SD, age = 50.

Hunger, temptation, and dietary adherence during weight management.

Preliminary evidence suggests that hunger and temptation may predict nonadherence to dietary intake goals; however, no studies have investigated the potential interaction between hunger and temptation in relation to dietary nonadherence nor have any investigated whether these associations may be different after the end of active behavioral intervention. Thus, the current study examined the week-to-week associations between hunger, temptation, and dietary adherence in 74 adults with overweight or obesity (mean ± SD age = 50.7 ± 10.

Awareness, Acceptability, and Perceived Effectiveness of Text-Based Therapy Among Graduate Students: Cross-sectional Study.

Background: Research has suggested that there is a mental health crisis occurring among graduate students in the United States. Moreover, many students go without effective treatment owing to the limited availability of mental and behavioral health resources on college campuses. Text-based therapy may represent a viable method for increasing access to mental health support for graduate students, but little is known regarding its acceptability in this population.

Impact of transition from face-to-face to telehealth on behavioral obesity treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Objective: This study evaluated whether the transition of a face-to-face behavioral intervention to videoconferencing-based telehealth delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in significantly smaller weight losses than those typically observed in gold-standard, face-to-face programs.

Methods: Participants were 160 adults with obesity (mean [SD] age = 49.2 [11.

Human Papillomavirus Vaccination and Social Media: Results in a Trial With Mothers of Daughters Aged 14-17.

Parents acquire information about human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines online and encounter vaccine-critical content, especially on social media, which may depress vaccine uptake. Secondary analysis in a randomized trial of a Facebook-delivered adolescent health campaign targeting mothers with posts on HPV vaccination was undertaken with the aims of (a) determining whether the pre-post-change occurred in self-reports of the mothers on HPV vaccination of their adolescent daughters; (b) describing the comments and reactions to vaccine posts; (c) exploring the relationship of campaign engagement of the mothers assessed by their comments and reactions to posts to change in the self-reports of the mothers of HPV vaccination. Mothers of daughters aged 14-17 were recruited from 34 states of the US ( = 869).

Assessment of Tanning Beds in 3 Popular Gym Chains.

This cross-sectional study examines the proportion of gyms from 3 large national chains in the United States that offer tanning services, the number of tanning beds offered by these gyms, and regional differences in the number of gyms that provide tanning services.