Text messaging and brief phone calls for weight loss in overweight and obese English- and Spanish-speaking adults: A 1-year, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.

Text messaging and brief phone calls for weight loss in overweight and obese English- and Spanish-speaking adults: A 1-year, parallel-group, randomized controlled trial.

BACKGROUND:Weight loss interventions based solely on text messaging (short message service [SMS]) have been shown to be modestly effective for short periods of time and in some populations, but limited evidence is available for positive longer-term outcomes and for efficacy in Hispanic populations....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Job G Godino, Natalie M Golaszewski, Greg J Norman, Cheryl L Rock, William G Griswold, Elva Arredondo, Simon Marshall, Julie Kolodziejczyk, Lindsay Dillon, Fred Raab, Sonia Jain, Maggie Crawford, Gina Merchant, Kevin Patrick
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-09-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002917

Internet

https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002917

Similar Items