Comprehensive cognitive training improves anthropometric measures in people with excess weight: the TRAINEP randomized controlled trial
Authors' conclusion
A comprehensive cognitive training delivered as an add-on to BWLI improved anthropometric outcomes in individuals with excess weight, with sustained effects over 6 months.
Study context
- Population
- Individuals with excess weight (126 women of 148; mean BMI 31.62 kg/m²)128 completed
- Participants
- 148 individuals
- Comparison
- Comprehensive cognitive training + behavioral weight-loss intervention (BWLI) vs sham cognitive training + BWLI vs BWLI alone
- Primary endpoint
- Anthropometric measures: BMI, weight, %WL and waist-to-height ratio
- Follow-up
- Post-treatment, 3- and 6-month follow-ups
Methodological detailsthree-arm, sham-controlled
- Three-arm
- Sham-controlled
Primary result
As reported in the abstract
Anthropometric measures (group-by-time interaction) · post-treatment to 6-month follow-up
- Group-by-time interaction, BMI
- p = 0.009
- Group-by-time interaction, weight
- p = 0.003
- Group-by-time interaction, %WL
- p = 0.004
- Group-by-time interaction, waist-to-height ratio
- p = 0.041
Further findings
- Higher proportion achieved clinically meaningful %WL with Cognitive
Original publication
Comprehensive cognitive training improves anthropometric measures in people with excess weight: the TRAINEP randomized controlled trial. Int J Obes (Lond). Published 8 January 2026. doi:10.
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