TY - JOUR AU - Duncan, Jennifer M. AU - Janke, E. Amy AU - Kozak, Andrea T. AU - Roehrig, Megan AU - Russell, Stephanie W. AU - McFadden, H. Gene AU - Demott, Andrew AU - Pictor, Alex AU - Hedeker, Don AU - Spring, Bonnie PY - 2011 DA - 2011/04/11 TI - PDA+: A Personal Digital Assistant for Obesity Treatment - An RCT testing the use of technology to enhance weight loss treatment for veterans JO - BMC Public Health SP - 223 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Obese adults struggle to make the changes necessary to achieve even modest weight loss, though a decrease in weight by as little as 10% can have significant health benefits. Failure to meet weight loss goals may in part be associated with barriers to obesity treatment. Wide-spread dissemination of evidence-based obesity treatment faces multiple challenges including cost, access, and implementing the programmatic characteristics on a large scale. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-11-223 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-11-223 ID - Duncan2011 ER -