An economic analysis of traditional and technology-based approaches to weight loss.

Background: The financial burden and human losses associated with noncommunicable diseases necessitate cost-effective and efficacious interventions.

Purpose: An economic analysis of the Lifestyle Education for Activity and Nutrition (LEAN) Study; an RCT that examined the efficacy of traditional and technology-based approaches to weight loss.

Methods: Economic analyses from an organizational perspective were conducted for four approaches: standard care control (SC); group weight-loss education (GWL); a multisensor armband (SWA); and the armband in combination with group weight-loss education (GWL+SWA).

An efficacy trial of 'Steps to Your Health', a health promotion programme for adults with intellectual disability.

Objective: Although there are evaluation and effectiveness studies of health promotion interventions for adults with intellectual disabilities (ID), randomized efficacy trials of such interventions are lacking.

Design: A randomized active control intervention trial.

Setting: The participants attended the health promotion classes in local disability agency service facilities.

Availability of physical activity resources in the environment for adults with intellectual disabilities.

Background: Adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) have high rates of physical inactivity, yet little is known about the prevalence of facilitators and barriers in the built environment contributing to these high rates.

Objective: To describe the physical activity resources available to adults with ID in both the home and day programs outside of the home.

Methods: Demographic information was collected on a sample of adults with ID.

Cardiometabolic results from an armband-based weight loss trial.

Purpose: This report examines the blood chemistry and blood pressure (BP) results from the Lifestyle Education for Activity and Nutrition (LEAN) study, a randomized weight loss trial. A primary purpose of the study was to evaluate the effects of real-time self-monitoring of energy balance (using the SenseWear(™) Armband, BodyMedia, Inc Pittsburgh, PA) on these health factors.

Methods: 164 sedentary overweight or obese adults (46.

Electronic feedback in a diet- and physical activity-based lifestyle intervention for weight loss: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: The SenseWear™ Armband (SWA) (BodyMedia, Inc. Pittsburgh, PA) is a physical activity and lifestyle monitor that objectively and accurately measures free-living energy balance and sleep and includes software for self-monitoring of daily energy expenditure and energy intake. The real-time feedback of the SWA can improve individual self-monitoring and, therefore, enhance weight loss outcomes.