Digital lifestyle nudges can help GLP-1 users focus on healthier habits, according to a study at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine.
The researchers conducted an online randomized trial of over 5,000 adults using the weight-loss medications across the globe, finding that low-cost digital interventions increased their expectation that they would adopt healthy behaviors, with effects lasting up to two weeks, per the March 9 study in JAMA Network Open.
“Achieving your best health involves a lot more than pharmacotherapy alone,” said Maya Adam, MD, PhD, director of health media innovation at Stanford Medicine and associate director of the Center for Digital Health at Stanford, in a March 9 news release. “And we found that giving people these little nudges may be very effective.”
Participants received written “microsteps” and short videos with recommendations like scheduling movement time, eating protein with each meal, drinking water in place of sugary drinks and going outside for five minutes without devices. Longer trials could tell whether the interventions create sustained change, the researchers said.
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