Departments of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine and Medicine, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, USA
Win Guan is a researcher in Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Western Michigan University School of Medicine, USA. His research interest includes Neuroinflammation, Neuromodulation neuron, Neuropathology, Neuropsychiatry, Memory mental health metabolism.
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»