| Literature DB >> 34612589 |
Michaela Noreik1,2, Claire D Madigan1,2,3, Nerys M Astbury1,2, Rhiannon M Edwards1, Ushma Galal1, Jill Mollison1, Fitsum Ghebretinsea1, Susan A Jebb1,2.
Abstract
Guidelines ask health professionals to offer brief advice to encourage weight loss for people living with obesity. We tested whether referral to one of three online programmes could lead to successful weight loss. A total of 528 participants aged ≥18 years with a body mass index of ≥30 kg/m2 were invited via a letter from their GP. Participants were randomised to one of three online weight loss programmes (NHS Weight Loss Plan, Rosemary Online or Slimming World Online) or to a control group receiving no intervention. Participants self-reported weight at baseline and 8 weeks. The primary outcome was weight change in each of the active intervention groups compared with control. We also compared the proportion of participants losing ≥5% or ≥10% of body weight. For Rosemary, Online mean weight loss was modestly greater than control (-1.5 kg [95% confidence interval (CI) -2.3 to -0.6]) and more than three times as many participants in this group lost ≥5% (relative risk [RR] = 3.64, 95% CI: 1.63-8.1). For Slimming World, mean weight loss was not significantly different from control (-0.8 kg [95%CI -1.7 to 0.1]), twice as many participants lost ≥5% (RR = 2.70, 1.17-6.23). There was no significant difference in weight loss for participants using the NHS Weight Loss Plan (-0.4 kg, [95% CI -1.3 to 0.5]), or the proportion losing ≥5% (RR = 2.09, 0.87-5.01). Only one of three online weight loss programmes was superior to no intervention and the effect size modest among participants living with obesity.Entities:
Keywords: digital intervention; digital weight loss programmes; obesity
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Year: 2021 PMID: 34612589 PMCID: PMC9285966 DOI: 10.1111/cob.12482
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Obes ISSN: 1758-8103
FIGURE 1CONSORT 2010 flow diagram
Baseline characteristics of participants enrolled on the online weight loss (OWL) study
| Control | NHS Weight Loss Plan | Rosemary Online | Slimming World | Overall | |
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| Age (years) | 49.6 (15.2) | 52.7 (16.4) | 49.2 (14.8) | 52.6 (13.5) | 51.0 (15.0) |
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 44 (33.3%) | 50 (37.9%) | 49 (37.1%) | 50 (37.9%) | 193 (36.6%) |
| Female | 88 (66.7%) | 82 (62.1%) | 82 (62.1%) | 81 (61.4%) | 333 (63.1%) |
| Other | 0 (0.0%) | 0 (0.0%) | 1 (0.8%) | 1 (0.8%) | 2 (0.4%) |
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 35.3 (4.5) | 36.1 (5.3) | 35.7 (5.0) | 36.0 (5.5) | 35.8 (5.1) |
| Median (IQR) | 33.9 (31.7–37.9) | 34.1 (32.0–38.8) | 34.4 (32.0–38.2) | 34.3 (32.1–38.0) | 34.2 (32.0–38.5) |
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| % Above national median ( | 21.2 (25) | 31.9 (36) | 30.6 (34) | 14.4 (16) | 24.5 (111) |
| (%) Below national median ( | 78.8 (93) | 68.1 (77) | 69.4 (77) | 85.6 (95) | 75.5 (342) |
| Ethnicity | |||||
| White British | 111 (84.1%) | 116 (87.9%) | 108 (81.8%) | 112 (84.8%) | 447 (84.7%) |
| Not white British | 21 (15.9%) | 16 (12.1%) | 24 (18.2%) | 20 (15.2%) | 81 (15.3%) |
Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) score was computed for participants who provided postcode. IMD ranks geographical areas in the UK on seven indices: income, employment, health deprivation and disability, education, crime, barriers to housing and services, and living environment. These ranks are grouped into deciles which were used for analysis with lowest decile representing the most deprived areas and highest decile representing the least deprived areas.
Weight loss outcomes
| Control | NHS Weight Loss Plan | Rosemary Online | Slimming World | |
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| Primary outcome (BOCF) |
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| Weight change (kg) | −0.8 (3.0) | −1.3 (3.9) | −2.3 (3.8) | −1.7 (3.4) |
| Adjusted difference (95% CI) | −0.4 (−1.3 to 0.5) | −1.5 (−2.3 to −0.6) | −0.8 (−1.7 to 0.1) | |
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| 0.364 | 0.001 | 0.070 | |
| Sensitivity analyses | ||||
| Completers only |
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| Weight change (kg) (SD) | −0.9 (3.1) | −1.5 (4.3) | −2.9 (4.0) | −1.9 (3.5) |
| Adjusted difference (95% CI) | −0.6 (−1.6 to 0.4) | −2.0 (−3.0 to −1.1) | −1.0 (−1.9 to −0.0) | |
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| 0.217 | <0.001 | 0.045 | |
| Excluding outliers |
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| Weight change (kg) | −0.6 (2.3) | −1.1 (2.6) | −1.9 (3.1) | −1.5 (3.0) |
| Adjusted difference (95% CI) | −0.5 (−1.2 to 0.1) | −1.4 (−2.0 to −0.7) | −0.9 (−1.6 to −0.2) | |
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| 0.117 | <0.001 | 0.007 |
Reference group.
Mean and standard deviation.
Estimated from an analysis of covariance model adjusted for baseline weight.
Compared with control group.
Estimated from an analysis of covariance model adjusted for baseline weight and age at screening.
Outliers were defined as individuals with weight change more than three standard deviations away from the mean.
Estimated from an analysis of covariance model adjusted for baseline weight.
FIGURE 2Proportion of participants reporting >5 and > 10% weight loss. Values represent risk ratio (95% confidence intervals) and two sided p‐value compared with the control group estimated using a log‐binomial regression model adjusted for baseline weight
Self‐reported participant adherence and experience
| Control group | NHS Weight Loss Plan | Rosemary Online | Slimming World | |
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| Reasons for not following a programme | % of total responses ( | % of total responses ( | % of total responses ( | % of total responses ( |
| At the beginning of the study I was asked to continue my usual routine | 89.1 (90) | 9.1 (5) | 1.8 (1) | 2.2 (1) |
| I did not have time or resources to follow the programme | 1.0 (1) | 27.3 (15) | 29.1 (16) | 17.4 (8) |
| I did not start the allocated programme | 1.0 (1) | 18.2 (10) | 21.8 (12) | 26.1 (12) |
| I started the programme and later stopped before reaching my goal | 0.0 (0) | 21.8 (12) | 14.5 (8) | 28.3 (13) |
| Personal reasons (e.g. sickness, holidays, mental load) | 2.0 (2) | 12.7 (7) | 10.9 (6) | 6.5 (3) |
| Did not like the allocated programme | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 (5) | 8.7 (4) |
| Because it was over the Christmas period | 1.0 (1) | 3.6 (2) | 1.8 (1) | 4.3 (2) |
| Other reasons | 5.9 (6) | 7.3 (4) | 10.9 (6) | 6.5 (3) |