Comparative effectiveness of weight-loss interventions in clinical practice

LJ Appel, JM Clark, HC Yeh, NY Wang… - … England Journal of …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Obesity and its cardiovascular complications are extremely common medical
problems, but evidence on how to accomplish weight loss in clinical practice is sparse …

Systematic review: an evaluation of major commercial weight loss programs in the United States

AG Tsai, TA Wadden - Annals of internal medicine, 2005 - acpjournals.org
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 …

Weight loss with self-help compared with a structured commercial program: a randomized trial

S Heshka, JW Anderson, RL Atkinson, FL Greenway… - Jama, 2003 - jamanetwork.com
ContextAlthough commercial weight loss programs provide treatment to millions of clients,
their efficacy has not been evaluated in rigorous long-term trials. ObjectiveTo compare …

A primary care intervention for weight loss: results of a randomized controlled pilot study

AG Tsai, TA Wadden, MA Rogers, SC Day, RH Moore… - …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Most primary care providers (PCPs), constrained by time and resources, cannot provide
intensive behavioral counseling for obesity. This study evaluated the effect of using medical …

Managing obesity in primary care practice: an overview with perspective from the POWER-UP study

TA Wadden, S Volger, AG Tsai, DB Sarwer… - International journal of …, 2013 - nature.com
Primary care practitioners (PCPs) have been encouraged to screen all adults for obesity and
to offer behavioral weight loss counseling to the affected individuals. However, there is …

Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial

LP Svetkey, VJ Stevens, PJ Brantley, LJ Appel… - Jama, 2008 - jamanetwork.com
Context Behavioral weight loss interventions achieve short-term success, but re-gain is
common. Objective To compare 2 weight loss maintenance interventions with a self-directed …

Health-related quality of life following a clinical weight loss intervention among overweight and obese adults: intervention and 24 month follow-up effects

B Blissmer, D Riebe, G Dye, L Ruggiero… - Health and quality of life …, 2006 - Springer
Background Despite a growing literature on the efficacy of behavioral weight loss
interventions, we still know relatively little about the long terms effects they have on HRQL …

Behavioral treatment of obesity in patients encountered in primary care settings: a systematic review

TA Wadden, ML Butryn, PS Hong, AG Tsai - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance In 2011, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) approved
intensive behavioral weight loss counseling for approximately 14 face-to-face, 10-to 15 …

Effectiveness of an app and provider counseling for obesity treatment in primary care

GG Bennett, D Steinberg, S Askew, E Levine… - American journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Introduction Obesity treatment is less successful for socioeconomically disadvantaged
populations, particularly when delivered in primary care. Digital health strategies can extend …

A two-year randomized trial of obesity treatment in primary care practice

TA Wadden, S Volger, DB Sarwer… - New England journal …, 2011 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Calls for primary care providers (PCPs) to offer obese patients behavioral
weight-loss counseling have not been accompanied by adequate guidance on how such …