Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”
The Active Body Control (ABC) weight-reduction program is based on telemonitoring of physical activity and nutrition together with telecoaching by weekly counseling letters sent by post or by e-mail. The study presented here reports the results of a 1-year follow-up of 49 patients with the metabolic...
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| description | The Active Body Control (ABC) weight-reduction program is based on telemonitoring of physical activity and nutrition together with telecoaching by weekly counseling letters sent by post or by e-mail. The study presented here reports the results of a 1-year follow-up of 49 patients with the metabolic syndrome who had lost weight with the aid of the ABC program in the preceding year. The weight regain after the second year in patients not receiving any further care (“ABC discontinued” group; n=24) and the potential benefit of continuing with the ABC program with monthly counseling letters (“ABC continued” group; n=25) were investigated. The relative weight changes after the first year had been, respectively, −13.4% and −11.4% in the “ABC discontinued” and “ABC continued” groups, and after the second year they decreased by, respectively, 4.4 and 2.8%. However, this difference in weight regains between the two groups was not statistically significant. It is concluded that three-quarters of the weight loss after 1 year is maintained after the second year. The decision whether to continue with the ABC program after 1 year should be made individually. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-f09208d7a7bc4ff1ac506202769033472025-02-03T01:23:45ZengWileyJournal of Diabetes Research2314-67452314-67532016-01-01201610.1155/2016/37987293798729Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control”Gabriele Stumm0Alexandra Blaik1Siegfried Kropf2Sabine Westphal3Tanja Katrin Hantke4Claus Luley54sigma GmbH, Bajuwarenring 19, 82041 Oberhaching, GermanyInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, GermanyInstitute of Biometry and Medical Informatics, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, GermanyMunicipal Hospital Dessau, Auenweg 38, 06847 Dessau-Roßlau, GermanyDie Schwenninger Krankenkasse, Spittelstraße 50, 78056 Villingen-Schwenningen, GermanyInstitute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, Otto-von-Guericke University, Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg, GermanyThe Active Body Control (ABC) weight-reduction program is based on telemonitoring of physical activity and nutrition together with telecoaching by weekly counseling letters sent by post or by e-mail. The study presented here reports the results of a 1-year follow-up of 49 patients with the metabolic syndrome who had lost weight with the aid of the ABC program in the preceding year. The weight regain after the second year in patients not receiving any further care (“ABC discontinued” group; n=24) and the potential benefit of continuing with the ABC program with monthly counseling letters (“ABC continued” group; n=25) were investigated. The relative weight changes after the first year had been, respectively, −13.4% and −11.4% in the “ABC discontinued” and “ABC continued” groups, and after the second year they decreased by, respectively, 4.4 and 2.8%. However, this difference in weight regains between the two groups was not statistically significant. It is concluded that three-quarters of the weight loss after 1 year is maintained after the second year. The decision whether to continue with the ABC program after 1 year should be made individually.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3798729 |
| spellingShingle | Gabriele Stumm Alexandra Blaik Siegfried Kropf Sabine Westphal Tanja Katrin Hantke Claus Luley Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control” Journal of Diabetes Research |
| title | Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control” |
| title_full | Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control” |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control” |
| title_short | Long-Term Follow-Up of the Telemonitoring Weight-Reduction Program “Active Body Control” |
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