Dutton Lab

University of Alabama at Birmingham

INTERNAL MEDICINE/MEDICINE

Birmingham · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2025

Optimizing an extended care intervention to promote weight loss maintenance

PROJECT SUMMARY / ABSTRACT Although behavioral interventions for obesity achieve clinically meaningful weight loss, post-treatment weight regain remains a pernicious challenge. Extended care interventions that include evidence-based behavioral strategies can improve weight loss maintenance (WLM), but many of these strategies require significant effort and resources that can hinder treatment adherence. Thus, strategies are needed that increase individuals' capacity (i.e., resources, abilities, and readiness) to consistently engage in WLM behaviors while minimizing the effort required of treatment. However, the most effective strategies for this are unknown. By leveraging the multiphase…

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