Journal of Nutrition & Weight Loss

Departments of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, USA

Publications

• Review   
  Bright Line Eating^�: A Two-year Follow-up Evaluation of a Commercial Telehealth Weight Loss Program within an Abstinence-Based Food Addiction Framework
  Author(s): Susan Peirce Thompson, Andrew Kurt Thaw*, Mark G Goetting and Win Guan
  
  Objective: The current study evaluates two-year weight outcomes for participants of the Bright Line Eating: Boot Camp program (BLE:BC), a weight management program that teaches participants to abstain from sugar and flour within a food addiction framework. Methods: Data come from participants in the BLE:BC Follow-up Research Program. Participants were invited to complete monthly follow-up surveys. First, we examined primary outcomes of percent weight loss (%WL) and change in body mass index (BMI) for participants who completed both the BLE:BC program and at least one followup survey. Next, we examined %WL and BMI change only among participants who completed all surveys. Results: An independent samples analysis showed that, at the time of each follow-up survey (6, 12, 18, and 24 months), participants reported c.. View more»
  

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