Encantado, Jorge http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0542-8340
Marques, Marta M.
Palmeira, António L.
Sebire, Simon J.
Teixeira, Pedro J.
Stubbs, R. James
Heitmann, Berit L.
Gouveia, Maria J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Horizon 2020 (643309)
H2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (713567)
Article History
Received: 11 April 2020
Accepted: 4 February 2021
First Online: 1 March 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. R. James Stubbs consults for Slimming World through the University of Leeds. Marta Marques also conducted consultancy work with Slimming World. Slimming World were a partner of the project to aid recruitment within the UK but will not be involved in the analysis and interpretation of the trial.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Ethics Committees at the Universities of Leeds (17-0082; 27 February 2017), Lisbon (17/2016; 20 February 2017) and Capital Region of Denmark (H-16030495, 8 March 2017) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the trial (trial registration number ISRCTN88405328).
: The order of authorship is as follows: Jorge Encantado; Marta M. Marques; António L. Palmeira; Simon J. Sebire; Pedro J. Teixeira; R. James Stubbs; Berit L. Heitmann; Maria J. Gouveia.