For other participants, the frequency of texts became a source of irritation, the storyline did not resonate with their own experience nor could they empathise with the fictional characters: THE TRIAL MANAGERS ARE Catriona O’Dolanand Lisa Macaulay, supported by Research Fellow Claire Torrens To examine the acceptability and feasibility of narrative text messages with or without financial incentives to support weight loss for men. Participants randomised to: (A) narrative text messages plus financial incentive for 12 months (short message service (SMS)+I), (B) narrative text messages for 12 months (SMS only), or (C) waiting list control.

The use of a financial incentive strategy for weight loss in men with obesity across the socioeconomic spectrum was feasible and acceptable. Two previous incentive studies used text messages to inform participants about their incentive achievement of weight loss targets and found it acceptable. 46 47 This extends the evidence base on the use of financial incentives as a complementary behaviour change strategy alongside other components. 22 50 In Bristol, the research fieldworker is Ms Hilary Taylor supported by the University of Bristol and NHS England. Competing interests MG is director of Eos Digital Health Ltd, which holds all rights to DNA, The Digital Narrative Approach, deployed to design and write the narrative text intervention.IN BELFAST, the research fieldworkers are Clare Jess, Christina O'Neill and Angela Mullan supported by Queen's University Belfast and the Public Health Agency. Key questions this study will answer: Do men lose weight and keep it off? What are the costs and benefits for men and the NHS? Does the service help men who are less well-off as well as the more well-off? What are men’s experiences?

Two players called and are playing a game with a starting number of stones. Player always plays first, and the two players move in alternating turns. The game's rules are as follows: Acceptability and feasibility of recruitment, retention, intervention components and trial procedures assessed by analysing quantitative and qualitative data at 3, 6 and 12 months. People with obesity are at greater risk of type two diabetes, some cancers, heart disease, stroke, infections like COVID-19 and mobility problems. However, men rarely take part in weight loss services. Together with men who have tried to lose weight, we designed a new weight loss service. No negative views were expressed about the incentives in qualitative interviews. Only one man reported being motivated by the financial incentive, and many expressed indifference. Participants reported the weight loss and health benefits as sufficiently rewarding.Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK. Each team gets to take a mystical secret photo at the end of each game! WILL YOUR PUB GAME VERSION RETURN?

This interactive quest guides you via clues and riddles on your mobile phone - you'll go through graveyards, market squares and alleys in a magical journey across historic Richmond. An AWESOME day or night out with a difference, ideal for adults and families. Ideal for walking exercise, single play, romantic dates, mates, family fun and corporate team building.The average BMI and age of the study participants of around 35 kg/m 2 and 50–55 years is similar to UK weight management trials recruiting in the community, 34 primary care 42 or a combination of community and primary care. 12 Three international text message-based weight management studies examining outcomes after 12 months recruited younger participants with lower BMI. 43–45 However, three mixed sex weight management studies with financial incentives (two including text message components) reported broadly similar participant demographics to this study. 46–48 THE CENTRE FOR HEALTHCARE RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS (CHaRT) at University of Aberdeen - Mark Forrest, Beatriz Goulao and Seonaidh Cotton This three-arm weight management feasibility trial recruited and retained men from across the socioeconomic spectrum, with the majority from areas of disadvantage, was broadly acceptable to most participants and feasible to deliver.

A continuous and responsive approach to PPI was adopted to prepare the grant application and throughout the study, as described by Gamble and colleagues. 38

Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed. THE FINDINGS will be shared with the public, men’s health groups and health service staff through social media, blogs, reports, presentations and research papers. GAME OF STONES AIMS to find out if text messages (with and without cash incentives) can help men to lose weight over 1 year and keep it off for another year compared to a waiting list group. The money’s not that much of an issue. I think the incentive for me is the health that, at the end of the day, your health improves. That’s the most important incentive. The money, it’s fine, it’s there, but it’s not the incentive. (120022, SMS+I, 3 months) Dombrowski, S.U., et al., Game of Stones: feasibility randomised controlled trial of how to engage men with obesity in text message and incentive interventions for weight loss.