Associations of Internet Website Use With Weight Change in a Long-term Weight Loss Maintenance Program
Journal of Medical Internet ResearchPublished 27 July 2010Open access
Kristine Funk, Victor J. Stevens, Lawrence J. Appel, Alan Bauck, Phillip J. Brantley, Catherine M. Champagne
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Participants defined as consistent website users of an interactive behavioral website designed to promote maintenance of weight loss were more successful at maintaining long-term weight loss.
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NCT00054925; http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00054925 (Archived by WebCite at http://www.webcitation.org/5rC7523ue).
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