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. 2023 Jun 24;12(3):371–394. doi: 10.1007/s13679-023-00515-2

Table 1.

Inclusion and exclusion criteria of the included reviews

Inclusion criteria Exclusion criteria
Population Adults aged 18 or older with overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2, or BMI ≥ 23 kg/m2 in people of Asian ethnicity) Pregnant people or those in the postpartum period; people who have had or are waiting for bariatric surgery; people waiting for other types of surgery
Intervention eHealth weight loss or weight loss maintenance interventions No eHealth weight loss intervention; information-only interventions; main focus on the treatment of a disease
Control Not applicable Not applicable
Outcome Weight change (kg or %) from baseline or change in BMI (kg/m2) Weight loss not a primary outcome (main focus, e.g., methodology, theory use, acceptability, or attrition)
Study design Systematic reviews, may include both RCTs and/or NRSIs Not a systematic review

BMI body mass index (calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared), RCT randomized controlled trial, NRSI non-randomized study of intervention