Relationship Between Weekly Patterns of Caloric Intake and Reported Weight Loss Outcomes: Retrospective Cohort Study
Initiatives
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The objective of this study was to understand the relationship between weight loss outcomes and weekly patterns of caloric intake among overweight and obese adults using a mobile phone app for weight loss.
Note: All published information has been collected from the article referenced in the Marker Paper box below. Therefore, there may be variations with more advanced versions of the study.
- Start Year
- 2016
- Funding
- This study was supported by a grant from the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Design
- Study design
- Population cohort
- Follow Up
- We examined the relationship between weekly patterns of caloric intake and weight loss outcomes among adults who began using a weight loss app in January 2016 and continued consistent use for at least 5 months (N=7007).
Marker Paper
Hill C, Weir BW, Fuentes LW, Garcia-Alvarez A, Anouti DP, Cheskin LJ. Relationship Between Weekly Patterns of Caloric Intake and Reported Weight Loss Outcomes: Retrospective Cohort Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018;6(4):e83. Published 2018 Apr 16. doi:10.2196/mhealth.8320
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Recruitment
- Sources of Recruitment
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- Individuals
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 7,007
- Number of participants with biosamples
Access
Availability of data and biosamples
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Timeline
Participants overweight or obese
The dataset included users who actively used the app each month from January to May 2016. Specifically, the dataset was limited to users who logged food at least 8 times during the first or second half of each month (ie, January, February, March, April, and May). We further limited the sample to new users located in United States and Canada, between 18 and 80 years of age, and who are overweight (ie, 2530).
Selection Criteria
- Minimum age
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18
- Maximum age
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80
- Newborns
- Twins
- Countries
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- United States of America
- Canada
- Ethnic Origin
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- Health Status
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- participants overweight or obese
Recruitment
- Sources of recruitment
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- General population
Number of participants
- Number of participants
- 7,007
- Number of participants with biosamples
Data Collection Event
The objective of this study was to understand the relationship between weight loss outcomes and weekly patterns of caloric intake among overweight and obese adults using a mobile phone app for weight loss
- Start Date
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2016-01
- End Date
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2016-05
- Data sources
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Mobile data collection
- Smartphone apps
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Mobile data collection