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SMS coaching for weight loss
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Daily tailored text/MMS coaching produced about 2 kg more weight loss than print materials over 4 months in overweight adults.
Key findings
Intervention participants lost more weight than comparison participants (about 1.97 kg more; adjusted losses ~2.88 kg vs 0.91 kg).
Methodology
Researchers randomized overweight adults who used mobile phones to a 4-month program of daily tailored SMS/MMS prompts plus brief monthly counselor calls, versus monthly print materials, and tracked weight at 0, 2, and 4 months.
Limitations
Short follow-up cannot show long-term maintenance, and the sample was modest and mostly female.
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Intervention participants lost more weight than comparison participants (about 1.97 kg more; adjusted losses ~2.88 kg vs 0.91 kg).
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