Article Document Academic Article Information Content Entity Continuant Continuant Journal Article Entity Entity Generically Dependent Continuant 2025-05-08T14:17:19 RDF description of Effectiveness of phone and e-mail lifestyle counseling for long term weight control among overweight employees - http://repository.healthpartners.com/individual/document-rn19462 Obesity Questionnaires document-rn19462 Health Promotion Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Counseling <p>OBJECTIVES: To determine the effectiveness of a weight-management program with personal counseling by phone or e-mail. METHODS: A randomized controlled trial of a 6-month program comparing two modes of intervention delivery (phone, n = 462; Internet, n = 464) with self-directed materials (control, n = 460), among overweight employees. Change in body weight after 2 years was the main outcome. RESULTS: Among complete cases, weight loss in the Internet group was 1.2 kg (95% confidence interval [CI], -1.9 to -0.4) and in the phone group 0.8 kg (95% CI, -1.5 to 0.03), compared with the control group. Multiple imputation of missing body weight resulted in comparative weight losses of -0.9 kg (95% CI, -2.0 to 0.3) and -0.4 kg (95% CI, -1.4 to 0.7). CONCLUSIONS: Among complete cases, the Internet intervention showed modest long-term weight loss, but among all participants neither program version was more effective than self-help.<p> 14063 public 2022-02-21T22:48:57.408-06:00 Effectiveness of phone and e-mail lifestyle counseling for long term weight control among overweight employees Telephone 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31821f2bbb Weight Loss 53 6 Workplace Randomized Controlled Trials Health Education 22706 Occupational Health