%0 Journal Article
%@ 2291-5222
%I JMIR Publications Inc.
%V 1
%N 1
%P e3
%T Health-E-Call, a Smartphone-Assisted Behavioral Obesity Treatment: Pilot Study
%A Thomas,J Graham
%A Wing,Rena R
%+ Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center, Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University & The Miriam Hospital, 196 Richmond St., Providence, RI, 02903, United States, 1 401 793 8154, jthomas4@lifespan.org
%K obesity
%K behavior
%K weight loss
%K mobile phone
%K technology
%D 2013
%7 17.04.2013
%9 Original Paper
%J JMIR Mhealth Uhealth
%G English
%X Background: Individual and group-based behavioral weight loss treatment (BWL) produces average weight loss of 5-10% of initial body weight, which improves health and wellbeing. However, BWL is an intensive treatment that is costly and not widely available.  Smartphones may be a useful tool for promoting adherence to key aspects of BWL, such as self-monitoring, thereby facilitating weight loss while reducing the need for intensive in-person contact. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate smartphones as a method of delivering key components of established and empirically validated behavioral weight loss treatment, with an emphasis on adherence to self-monitoring. Methods: Twenty overweight/obese participants (95% women; 85% non-Hispanic White; mean age 53.0, SE 1.9) received 12-24 weeks of behavioral weight loss treatment consisting of smartphone-based self-monitoring, feedback, and behavioral skills training. Participants also received brief weekly weigh-ins and paper weight loss lessons. Results: Average weight loss was 8.4kg (SE 0.8kg; 9%, SE 1% of initial body weight) at 12 weeks and 10.9kg (SE 1.1kg; 11%, SE 1% of initial body weight) at 24 weeks. Adherence to the self-monitoring protocol was 91% (SE 3%) during the first 12 weeks and 85% (SE 4%) during the second 12 weeks. Conclusions: Smartphones show promise as a tool for delivering key components of BWL and may be particularly advantageous for optimizing adherence to self-monitoring, a cornerstone of BWL. 
%M 25100672
%R 10.2196/mhealth.2164
%U http://mhealth.jmir.org/2013/1/e3/
%U https://doi.org/10.2196/mhealth.2164
%U http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25100672