Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria | |
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Type of study | Randomized controlled trial; experimental study; peer-reviewed | Literature that was not peer-reviewed (e.g., theses and dissertations); reviews and meta-analyses; conference abstracts that were not published in a full manuscript |
Condition or domain being studied | Diet, self-weighing and physical activity behaviors | Exclusive focus on other behaviors |
Participants | Adult population (18 years and over; or a mean age within this range) | Children or adolescents under the age of 18 |
Intervention | Interventions with at least two conditions engaged in self-monitoring, for which feedback was provided related to behaviors or outcomes of behavior | Interventions not including self-monitoring and feedback based on the self-monitoring data |
Comparator | At least two experimental groups comparing different forms of self-monitoring feedback (e.g., written vs graphic feedback, different wordings of written feedback) or feedback provision vs. no feedback control that only differ in feedback provision | Groups differ in more aspects than the form of feedback provided or feedback provision |
Outcomes | At least one of the following outcomes: Dietary intake; physical activity; self-monitoring diet or physical activity or weight; or weight | Studies focusing exclusively on other outcomes |