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Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”
Joint Authors
Stumm, Gabriele
Blaik, Alexandra
Westphal, Sabine
Hantke, Tanja Katrin
Luley, C.
Kropf, S.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-03-21
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The Active Body Control (ABC) weight-reduction program is based on telemonitoring of physical activity and nutrition together with telecoaching by weekly counseling letters sent by post or by e-mail.
The study presented here reports the results of a 1-year follow-up of 49 patients with the metabolic syndrome who had lost weight with the aid of the ABC program in the preceding year.
The weight regain after the second year in patients not receiving any further care (“ABC discontinued” group; n=24) and the potential benefit of continuing with the ABC program with monthly counseling letters (“ABC continued” group; n=25) were investigated.
The relative weight changes after the first year had been, respectively, −13.4% and −11.4% in the “ABC discontinued” and “ABC continued” groups, and after the second year they decreased by, respectively, 4.4 and 2.8%.
However, this difference in weight regains between the two groups was not statistically significant.
It is concluded that three-quarters of the weight loss after 1 year is maintained after the second year.
The decision whether to continue with the ABC program after 1 year should be made individually.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Stumm, Gabriele& Blaik, Alexandra& Kropf, S.& Westphal, Sabine& Hantke, Tanja Katrin& Luley, C.. 2016. Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”. Journal of Diabetes Research،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Stumm, Gabriele…[et al.]. Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”. Journal of Diabetes Research No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-7.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Stumm, Gabriele& Blaik, Alexandra& Kropf, S.& Westphal, Sabine& Hantke, Tanja Katrin& Luley, C.. Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”. Journal of Diabetes Research. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1108080
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1108080