Social Incentives and Gamification to Promote Weight Loss: The LOSE IT Randomized, Controlled Trial

Background Social networks influence obesity patterns, but interventions to leverage social incentives to promote weight loss have not been well evaluated. Objective To test the effectiveness of gamification interventions designed using insights from behavioral economics to enhance social incentives...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM 2018-10, Vol.33 (10), p.1669-1675
Hauptverfasser:	Kurtzman, Gregory W., Day, Susan C., Small, Dylan S., Lynch, Marta, Zhu, Jingsan, Wang, Wenli, Rareshide, Charles A. L., Patel, Mitesh S.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adults Body mass Body mass index Body size Body weight loss Data retrieval Exercise Gamification Health care Incentives Information sharing Internal Medicine Intervention Medicine Medicine & Public Health Obesity Original Research Primary care Randomization Smartphones Social organization Weight loss measurement
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