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Dieters Successfully Use Internet Behavior Course.(Brown Medical School tests program designed by the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center at Miriam Hospital)
2001 APR 12 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Susan Hasty, staff medical writer - With sedentary habits such as long hours surfing the Internet catching so much blame for the fattening of Americans, it seems counter-intuitive to think the Internet can help people lose weight.
But researchers at Brown Medical School in Providence, Rhode Island, have found that if you structure the program correctly, people can use the Internet to lose weight. Study participants using an interactive Internet program designed by D.F. Tate and colleagues at Miriam Hospital's Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center lost twice as much weight as those who were simply given access to educational materials.
The researchers enrolled in a six-month program 91 overweight hospital workers, aged 18 to 60, whose body mass indexes ranged from 25 to 36 kg/[m.sup.2]. All participants received one group weight-loss session and access to a website with weight-loss education and links to other resources. About half also received 24 weekly behavioral lessons via e-mail, submitted weekly diaries, and received feedback from therapists, and participated in an online bulletin board.
Complete follow-up data were available on 65 participants, 32 in the education-only group and 33 in the behavioral group. End points were body weight and waist measurements at baseline, three, and six months ("Using Internet technology to deliver a behavioral weight loss program," Journal of the American ...
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