BACKGROUND The health outcomes of men continue to be poorer than women globally. Challenges in addressing this problem include difficulties engaging men in weight loss programs as they tend to view these programs as contrary to the masculine narrative of independence and self-reliance. Researchers have been turning towards sports fans to engage men in health promotion programs as sports fans ar...

BACKGROUND Each year millions of Americans enroll in commercial and self-help weight loss programs. Health care providers and their obese patients know little about these programs because of the absence of systematic reviews. PURPOSE To describe the components, costs, and efficacy of the major commercial and organized self-help weight loss programs in the United States that provide structured...

Methods We performed a secondary analysis of 142 obese participants who had lost at least 10 pounds in a conventional weight loss program and who were randomized to the experimental weight loss maintenance intervention. This experimental intervention consisted of instruction and application of an energy psychology intervention, Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT). TAT practice combined self-acupr...

This paper describes the design of an experiment that tests the e↵ectiveness of mobile applications for a weight loss program. The mobile application combines three modules: a tailored text messaging service, a goal setting and progress monitoring support, and a social network setup to achieve the weight management goals. We describe the design of a usability testing experiment for the mobile a...

UNLABELLED Reports an error in "A Pilot Study of the Nutrition and Exercise for Wellness and Recovery (NEW-R): A Weight Loss Program for Individuals With Serious Mental Illnesses" by Catana Brown, Halley Read, Morgan Stanton, Michael Zeeb, Jessica Jonikas and Judith Cook (Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, Advanced Online Publication, Apr 6, 2015, np). The middle initials for the last two auth...

OBJECTIVE To develop and validate the Weight Control Strategies Scale (WCSS), a self-report instrument to assess the use of specific behaviors thought to facilitate weight loss. DESIGN AND METHODS Factor analysis was conducted on 323 overweight and obese adults (mean age = 48.7 ± 10.9 years, mean body mass index = 35.4 ± 4.9 kg/m(2) , 74% female) enrolled in three different behavioral weight ...

Mathematical models of human weight dynamics have been validated in research settings, but are they applicable in the real world of clinical obesity treatment? We compared model calculations to weight loss data from 49 patients in a medically-supervised, outpatient weight loss program. A range of expected weight losses was defined for each patient based on uncertainties in their baseline energy...

BACKGROUND Obesity is common in the U.S. and many individuals turn to commercial programs to lose weight. Our objective was to directly compare weight loss, waist circumference, and systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP, DBP) outcomes between commercially available weight-loss programs. METHODS We conducted a systematic review by searching MEDLINE and the Cochrane Database of Systematic ...

background: due to the wholesome benefits of nuts increased consumption of them has been recommended. however, because of nut’s high energy density, the role of them in the treatment of overweight and obesity is vague. this current clinical trial study aims to investigate the effects of a balanced hypocaloric almond-enriched diet (aed) (almond group) in comparison to a balanced hypocaloric nu...

This meta-analytic review summarizes obesity prevention programs and their effects and investigates participant, intervention, delivery, and design features associated with larger effects. A literature search identified 64 prevention programs seeking to produce weight gain prevention effects, of which 21% produced significant prevention effects that were typically pre- to post effects. Larger e...