Randomised controlled trial and economic analysis of an internet-based weight management programme: POWeR+ (Positive Online Weight Reduction). by Little, P, Stuart, B, Hobbs, F, Kelly, J, Smith, E, Bradbury, K, Hughes, S, Smith, P, Moore, M, Lean, M, Margetts, B, Byrne, C, Griffin, S, Davoudianfar, M, Hooper, J, Yao, G, Zhu, S, Raftery, J, Yardley, L

“…</p> <h4>Participants</h4> <p>Patients with a body mass index of ≥ 30 kg/m2 (or ≥ 28 kg/m2 with risk factors) identified from general practice records, recruited by postal invitation</p> <h4>Interventions</h4> <p>Positive Online Weight Reduction (POWeR+) is a 24-session, web-based weight management intervention completed over 6 months. …”

Providing online weight management in Primary Care: a mixed methods process evaluation of healthcare practitioners' experiences of using and supporting patients using POWeR by Smith, E, Bradbury, K, Scott, L, Steele, M, Little, P, Yardley, L

“…The findings suggest that implementing this cost-effective online weight management intervention in Primary Care would be feasible and acceptable to practitioners.…”

Feasibility and acceptability of a brief routine weight management intervention for postnatal women embedded within the national child immunisation programme in primary care: randomised controlled cluster feasibility trial by Daley, AJ, Jolly, K, Bensoussane, H, Ives, N, Jebb, SA, Tearne, S, Greenfield, SM, Yardley, L, Little, P, Tyldesley-Marshall, N, Pritchett, RV, Frew, E, Parretti, HM

“…The intervention involved brief motivation/support by practice nurses to encourage participants to make healthier lifestyle choices through self-monitoring of weight and signposting to an online weight management programme, when they attended their practice to have their child immunised. …”

Protocol for the feasibility and acceptability of a brief routine weight management intervention for postnatal women embedded within the national child immunisation programme: randomised controlled cluster feasibility trial with nested qualitative study (PIMMS-WL) by Parretti, HM, Ives, NJ, Tearne, S, Vince, A, Greenfield, SM, Jolly, K, Jebb, SA, Frew, E, Yardley, L, Little, P, Pritchett, RV, Daley, A

“…</p> <p><strong>Methods and analysis:</strong> The primary aim is to assess the feasibility of delivering a weight management intervention for overweight/obese postnatal women within child immunisation appointments. …”

Practice nurse-supported weight self-management delivered within the national child immunisation programme for postnatal women: a feasibility cluster RCT by Daley, AJ, Jolly, K, Ives, N, Jebb, SA, Tearne, S, Greenfield, SM, Yardley, L, Little, P, Tyldesley-Marshall, N, Bensoussane, H, Pritchett, RV, Frew, E, Parretti, HM

“…</p> <p><strong>Objective:</strong> The primary aim was to produce evidence of whether or not a Phase III trial of a brief weight management intervention, in which postnatal women are encouraged by practice nurses as part of the national child immunisation programme to self-monitor their weight and use an online weight management programme, is feasible and acceptable.…”

An internet-based intervention with brief nurse support to manage obesity in primary care (POWeR+): a pragmatic, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial by Little, P, Stuart, B, Hobbs, F, Kelly, J, Smith, E, Bradbury, K, Hughes, S, Smith, P, Moore, M, Lean, M, Margetts, B, Byrne, C, Griffin, S, Davoudianfar, M, Hooper, J, Yao, G, Zhu, S, Raftery, J, Yardley, L

“…Eligible adults aged 18 years or older with a BMI of 30 kg/m(2) or more (or ≥28 kg/m(2) with hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, or diabetes) registered online with POWeR+-a 24 session, web-based, weight management intervention lasting 6 months. After registration, the website automatically randomly assigned patients (1:1:1), via computer-generated random numbers, to receive evidence-based dietetic advice to swap foods for similar, but healthier, choices and increase fruit and vegetable intake, in addition to 6 monthly nurse follow-up (control group); web-based intervention and face-to-face nurse support (POWeR+Face-to-face [POWeR+F]; up to seven nurse contacts over 6 months); or web-based intervention and remote nurse support (POWeR+Remote [POWeR+R]; up to five emails or brief phone calls over 6 months). …”