A Digitally Enabled Combined Lifestyle Intervention for Weight Loss:Pilot Study in a Dutch General Population Cohort

Background: Overweight and obesity rates among the general population of the Netherlands keep increasing. Combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) focused on physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and stress management can be effective in reducing weight and improving health behaviors. Currently available CLIs for weight loss (CLI-WLs) in the Netherlands consist of face-to-face and community-based sessions, which face scalability challenges. A digitally enabled CLI-WL with digital and human components may provide a solution for this challenge; however, the feasibility of such an intervention has... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Gannamani, Rahul
Forte, José Castela
Folkertsma, Pytrik
Hermans, Sven
Kumaraswamy, Sridhar
van Dam, Sipko
Chavannes, Niels
Van Os, Hendrikus
Pijl, Hanno
Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H.R.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Reihe/Periodikum: Gannamani , R , Forte , J C , Folkertsma , P , Hermans , S , Kumaraswamy , S , van Dam , S , Chavannes , N , Van Os , H , Pijl , H & Wolffenbuttel , B H R 2024 , ' A Digitally Enabled Combined Lifestyle Intervention for Weight Loss : Pilot Study in a Dutch General Population Cohort ' , JMIR Formative Research , vol. 8 . https://doi.org/10.2196/38891
Schlagwörter: data / digital / digital health / Fogg Behavior Model / intervention / lifestyle intervention / obesity / overweight / pilot / prevention / weight / weight loss
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29029286
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Link(s) : https://hdl.handle.net/11370/fd682bd8-7b7d-4e28-a67a-10b133b6e50e

Background: Overweight and obesity rates among the general population of the Netherlands keep increasing. Combined lifestyle interventions (CLIs) focused on physical activity, nutrition, sleep, and stress management can be effective in reducing weight and improving health behaviors. Currently available CLIs for weight loss (CLI-WLs) in the Netherlands consist of face-to-face and community-based sessions, which face scalability challenges. A digitally enabled CLI-WL with digital and human components may provide a solution for this challenge; however, the feasibility of such an intervention has not yet been assessed in the Netherlands. Objective: The aim of this study was two-fold: (1) to determine how weight and other secondary cardiometabolic outcomes (lipids and blood pressure) change over time in a Dutch population with overweight or obesity and cardiometabolic risk participating in a pilot digitally enabled CLI-WL and (2) to collect feedback from participants to guide the further development of future iterations of the intervention. Methods: Participants followed a 16-week digitally enabled lifestyle coaching program rooted in the Fogg Behavior Model, focused on nutrition, physical activity, and other health behaviors, from January 2020 to December 2021. Participants could access the digital app to register and track health behaviors, weight, and anthropometrics data at any time. We retrospectively analyzed changes in weight, blood pressure, and lipids for remeasured users. Surveys and semistructured interviews were conducted to assess critical positive and improvement points reported by participants and health care professionals. Results: Of the 420 participants evaluated at baseline, 53 participated in the pilot. Of these, 37 (70%) were classified as overweight and 16 (30%) had obesity. Mean weight loss of 4.2% occurred at a median of 10 months postintervention. The subpopulation with obesity (n=16) showed a 5.6% weight loss on average. Total cholesterol decreased by 10.2% and low-density lipoprotein ...