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Tailored, interactive text messages for enhancing weight loss among African American adults: the TRIMM randomized controlled tr

Endocrinology
Author
Lin et al.
Used Parameters : BW, Body Composition

Publication Year : 2017

Country : USA

Journal : American Journal of Medicine

Background Helping patients control obesity remains a clinical challenge for internists, and African Americans experience obesity rates higher than other racial/ethnic groups. Purpose To investigate whether a behavioral theory-based mobile health intervention would enhance weight loss when added to standard care among overweight/obese African American adults. Methods A randomized controlled trial of 124 adults recruited from Baltimore-area African American churches. Participant follow-up ended March 2013. Participants were randomized …
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