Mobile Phone Short Message Service (SMS) for Weight Management in Iranian Overweight and Obese Women: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Effect of the intervention on body weight.

Weight group	Baseline weight (kg); (mean ± SD)	After three months weight (kg); (mean ± SD)	Weight loss (kg); (mean ± SD)	Weight loss; (Percentage of initial weight) %	Mann-Whitney test for weight loss in three months
Experimental	74.32±9.73	72.31±9.87	2.19±3.06	2.94	𝑃= 0.018^∗; 𝑍=−2.37
Control	72.42±9.11	72.13±9.45	0.69±1.23	0.95

∗The experimental group significantly lost more weight than the control group.