Tailored, Interactive Text Messages for Enhancing Weight Loss among African American Adults: The TRIMM Randomized Controlled Trial

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 896-904

  Lin, Michael ^a   Mahmooth, Zayan ^b   Dedhia, Nicket ^c   Frutchey, Robin ^b   Mercado, Catherine E ^d   Epstein, David H ^e   Preston, Kenzie L ^e   Gibbons, Michael C ^b   Bowie, Janice V ^b   Labrique, Alain B ^b   Cheskin, Lawrence J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e National Institute on Drug Abuse   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Obesity; Text messaging; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COUNSELING; DIETITIAN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; KINESIOTHERAPY; LOW CALORY DIET; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COUNSELING; DIET, REDUCING; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TEXT MESSAGING; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937816607     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: 15557162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2015.03.013     Document Type: Article

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