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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2021 Feb 22;104:106326. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2021.106326

Table 3.

Intervention Components by Treatment Group

Intervention Component Intensive WL Phase (Months 1-6) Reduced Contact WL Phase (Months 7-12)
Weight Loss (WL) only Weekly behavioral-based group sessions: 10% WL goal following national obesity treatment guidelines Biweekly behavioral-based group sessions; 10% WL goal following national obesity treatment guidelines
WL + Weighted Vest WL + 8 hours/day weighted vest use titrated weekly to adjust for achieved WL (up to 10% baseline weight) WL + 8 hours/day weighted vest use titrated biweekly to adjust for achieved WL (up to 10% baseline weight)
WL + Resistance Training (RT) WL + 3 days/week progressive, structured RT

Abbreviations: WL- weight loss, RT- resistance training.