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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Eat Weight Disord. 2019 Jan 2;24(6):983–995. doi: 10.1007/s40519-018-0632-9

Table 1.

Purpose of each phase of Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST)

MOST phase Purpose
Phase I: preparation Form a theoretical model; selection of intervention components to test
Phase II: optimization Identification of efficacious treatment components to include in optimized intervention
Phase III: evaluation Testing of optimized intervention against best-available intervention