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Pilot Evaluation Of An Online Weight Management Programme, Shona Cawley, Stephen Farrell, Declan G. Byrne, Michael Turner, B. Clune, Daniel Mccartney
Pilot Evaluation Of An Online Weight Management Programme, Shona Cawley, Stephen Farrell, Declan G. Byrne, Michael Turner, B. Clune, Daniel Mccartney
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This intervention examined the efficacy of a six-week online weight loss programme. Students and staff of a third level institution (n=183) were recruited to the programme which provided individualised dietary advice for weight loss. Eighty-five participants (mean age 29.7 years, mean BMI 28.9kg/m2, 33% male) met the minimum inclusion criterion of logging on to the study website at least twice. All participants who completed the full six-week programme lost weight (n=31), with significant reductions in mean weight (2.8kg), BMI (0.9kg/m2) and waist circumference (4.1cm) observed between the start and end of the programme (all P5% of their bodyweight, with reductions …