The effectiveness and safety of a mobile application-based self-regulation intervention to support weight loss among adults living with obesity: a large-scale pragmatic randomised controlled trial
An app with no human contact, designed to foster self-regulatory behaviours, increased weight loss and reduced symptoms of disordered eating in people living with obesity and could be safely deployed at the population level to support effective weight management.
Authors
- Simona Haasova (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3993-0462)
- Paul Aveyard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-4217)
- Sarah Mounsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8913-4990)
- Cristina Stewart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3060-5874)
- Susan Ann Jebb (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9190-2920)
- Gina Wren (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9262-7043)
- Paul Doody (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6732-1384)
- Stella Haffner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1153-3724)
Institutions
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Lausanne (CH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Medicine
- Published
- 2025-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-025-04519-8
- Primary Topic
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00