Efficacy of an Online Weight Loss Program for Mexican Adults: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Trial
Alma Lorena Ruelas Yanes, Teresita de Jesús Martínez‐Contreras, Maria del Carmen Candia‐Plata, Julián Esparza‐Romero, Ana Lourdes Mata‐Pineda, Arelly Ornelas‐Vargas, Rolando Giovanni Díaz‐Zavala, Michelle M Haby · 2026
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Alma Lorena Ruelas Yanes and colleagues present a 2026 randomized controlled trial of an online weight loss program for Mexican adults. Obesity is a major public health crisis in Mexico, and internet use is rising fast there. The web program, DPP-web, adapts the Diabetes Prevention Program lifestyle plan for online use. Sixty two adults with overweight or obesity were randomized to the program or a wait list control group. The primary outcome was weight change at three months.
Participants were predominantly women, at eighty one percent, with average age near thirty one and a half years. Retention was seventy seven percent at three months and sixty percent at six months. Secondary outcomes held body measures, quality of life and depressive symptoms at three and six months, plus biochemical measures at three months. Intention to treat analysis framed the treatment effect. Digital lifestyle care could scale in Mexico if gains hold.
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| CREATOR | Alma Lorena Ruelas Yanes, Teresita de Jesús Martínez‐Contreras, Maria del Carmen Candia‐Plata, Julián Esparza‐Romero, Ana Lourdes Mata‐Pineda, Arelly Ornelas‐Vargas, Rolando Giovanni Díaz‐Zavala, Michelle M Haby |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42863 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |