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Stephan Dombrowski
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Associate Editor, British Journal of Health Psychology
Fredericton
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innovation, digital technologies mental health, bacteria vaccines,viruses global health, infectious diseases
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By Pat Hoddinott, Stephan Dombrowski, New Brunswick, Frank Kee| JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Verified Weight Loss Maintenance After Financial Incentives End—Reply In Reply We agree with Drs Guo and Zhang that sustainable behavioral changes are required. To support this, our trial combined financial incentives, daily behavioral text messages, and web links to evidence-based information and services. As stated in the discussion of our article, we did not test financial incentives alone.1 Guo and Zhang suggest that only intrinsic motivation leads to sustainable long-term change.
By Pat Hoddinott, Pathfoot Building, Lisa Macaulay, Stephan Dombrowski| JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Verified 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.
By Pat Hoddinott, Stephan Dombrowski, New Brunswick, Frank Kee| JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association Verified Weight Loss Maintenance After Financial Incentives End—Reply In Reply We agree with Drs Guo and Zhang that sustainable behavioral changes are required. To support this, our trial combined financial incentives, daily behavioral text messages, and web links to evidence-based information and services. As stated in the discussion of our article, we did not test financial incentives alone.1 Guo and Zhang suggest that only intrinsic motivation leads to sustainable long-term change.
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British Journal of Health Psychology
Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
+44 178 647 3171