Characteristics of European adults who dropped out from the Food4Me Internet-based personalised nutrition intervention.

Katherine Mary LivingstoneCarlos Celis-MoralesAnna L MacreadyRosalind FallaizeHannah ForsterClara WoolheadClare B O'DonovanCyril Fm MarsauxSantiago Navas-CarreteroRodrigo San-CristobalSilvia KolossaLydia TsirigotiChristina P LambrinouGeorge MoschonisAgnieszka SurwiłłoChristian A DrevonYannis ManiosIwona TraczykEileen R GibneyLorraine BrennanMarianne C WalshJulie A LovegroveJ Alfredo MartinezWim Hm SarisHannelore DanielMike GibneyJohn C Mathers

Published in: Public health nutrition (2016)

Attrition did not differ between participants receiving generalised or PN advice but more frequent feedback was related to attrition for those randomised to PN interventions. Better strategies are required to minimise dropouts among younger and obese individuals participating in PN interventions and more frequent feedback may be an unnecessary burden.

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