Behavioral and pharmacotherapy weight loss interventions to prevent obesity-related morbidity and mortality in adults: updated evidence report and systematic review …

ES LeBlanc, CD Patnode, EM Webber, N Redmond… - Jama, 2018 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Overweight and obesity have been associated with adverse health effects.
Objective To systematically review evidence on benefits and harms of behavioral and …

Long term maintenance of weight loss with non-surgical interventions in obese adults: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomised controlled trials

SU Dombrowski, K Knittle, A Avenell, V Araújo-Soares… - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Objective To systematically review and describe currently available approaches to
supporting maintenance of weight loss in obese adults and to assess the evidence for the …

Comparison of weight loss among named diet programs in overweight and obese adults: a meta-analysis

BC Johnston, S Kanters, K Bandayrel, P Wu, F Naji… - Jama, 2014 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Many claims have been made regarding the superiority of one diet or another for
inducing weight loss. Which diet is best remains unclear. Objective To determine weight loss …

The expanding role of primary care in cancer control

G Rubin, A Berendsen, SM Crawford… - The lancet …, 2015 - thelancet.com
The nature of cancer control is changing, with an increasing emphasis, fuelled by public and
political demand, on prevention, early diagnosis, and patient experience during and after …

Efficacy of commercial weight-loss programs: an updated systematic review

KA Gudzune, RS Doshi, AK Mehta… - Annals of internal …, 2015 - acpjournals.org
This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Background: Commercial and proprietary weight-loss programs are popular …

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

N Sattar, E Forrest, D Preiss - Bmj, 2014 - bmj.com
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is now more common than alcoholic liver disease
owing to the rapid rise in the prevalence of obesity, 1 and NAFLD is the most common cause …

The role of weight management in the treatment of adult obstructive sleep apnea. An official American Thoracic Society clinical practice guideline

DW Hudgel, SR Patel, AM Ahasic… - American journal of …, 2018 - atsjournals.org
Background: Overweight/obesity is a common, reversible risk factor for obstructive sleep
apnea severity (OSA). The purpose of this guideline is to provide evidence-based …

Screening and brief intervention for obesity in primary care: a parallel, two-arm, randomised trial

P Aveyard, A Lewis, S Tearne, K Hood… - The Lancet, 2016 - thelancet.com
Background Obesity is a common cause of non-communicable disease. Guidelines
recommend that physicians screen and offer brief advice to motivate weight loss through …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to a smartphone application for weight loss compared to website and paper diary: pilot randomized controlled trial

MC Carter, VJ Burley, C Nykjaer, JE Cade - Journal of medical Internet …, 2013 - jmir.org
Background There is growing interest in the use of information communication technologies
to treat obesity. An intervention delivered by smartphone could be a convenient, potentially …

Reflection companion: a conversational system for engaging users in reflection on physical activity

R Kocielnik, L Xiao, D Avrahami, G Hsieh - Proceedings of the ACM on …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Mobile, wearable and other connected devices allow people to collect and explore large
amounts of data about their own activities, behavior, and well-being. Yet, learning from-, and …