Per a court order, HHS is required to restore this website to its version as of 12:00 AM on January 29, 2025. Information on this page may be modified and/or removed in the future subject to the terms of the court’s order and implemented consistent with applicable law. Any information on this page promoting gender ideology is extremely inaccurate and disconnected from truth. The Trump Administration rejects gender ideology due to the harms and divisiveness it causes. This page does not reflect reality and therefore the Administration and this Department reject it.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Obesity: Technology-Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions – To Maintain Weight Loss

About this resource:

Systematic Review

Source: The Guide to Community Preventive Services

Last Reviewed: June 2009

Workgroups: Nutrition and Weight Status Workgroup, Health Communication and Health Information Technology Workgroup

The Community Preventive Services Task Force recommends multicomponent interventions that use technology-supported coaching or counseling to help people maintain weight loss. In these interventions, coaches or counselors communicate with individuals or groups through technologies like:

  • Computers
  • Videoconferencing 
  • Personal digital assistants 
  • Pedometers with computer interaction
  • Mobile apps
Read more about this resource

Objectives related to this resource (1)

Reduce the proportion of adults with obesity — NWS‑03
Getting worse

Suggested Citation

1.

Guide to Community Preventive Services. (2009). Obesity: Technology-Supported Multicomponent Coaching or Counseling Interventions – To Maintain Weight Loss. Retrieved from https://www.thecommunityguide.org/findings/obesity-technology-supported-multicomponent-coaching-or-counseling-interventions-maintain