@article {VanWormer:2009:1087-3244:445,
title = "Telephone Counseling and Home Telemonitoring: The Weigh By Day Trial",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2009",
volume = "33",
number = "4",
publication date ="2009-07-01T00:00:00",
pages = "445-454",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2009/00000033/00000004/art00010",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.33.4.10",
keyword = "telemonitoring, telephone, weight loss, worksite counseling",
author = "VanWormer, Jeffrey J. and Martinez, Anna M. and Benson, Gretchen A. and Crain, A. L. and Martinson, Brian C. and Cosentino, Daniel L. and Pronk, Nicolaas P.",
abstract = "
Objective
: To test the effects of telephone counseling and telemonitoring on weight loss.
Methods
: A randomized-controlled trial was conducted over 18 months. Participants were assigned to an immediate or delayed-start group. The intervention included
a Thin-Link home telemonitoring scale and biweekly telephone counseling over 6 months.
Results
: The immediate group lost significantly more weight relative to the delayed group over the first 6 months (7.5 versus 1.3 pounds) and at subsequent visits.
Conclusion
:
Compared to no treatment, the intervention was effective at producing weight loss. Home telemonitoring may enhance standard weight-loss counseling.",
}