Pathfoot Building

May 14, 2024 | jamanetwork.com | Pat Hoddinott |Pathfoot Building |Lisa Macaulay |Stephan Dombrowski

Key PointsQuestion  Do text messages with or without financial incentives promote weight loss in men with obesity? Findings  In this randomized trial that included 585 men with obesity, text messaging with behavioral messages combined with a financial incentive resulted in a 5% weight loss at 12 months, compared with weight loss of 3% for text messaging alone, and 1% for the control group.