Intensive weight loss intervention versus usual care for adults with severe and complex obesity: the LightWAY randomised trial protocol

Sarah Wane, Paul Aveyard, Sabrina Wielsøe, Sofus Christian Larsen, Jadine Scragg, Jane Lindschou, Janus Christian Jakobsen, Janus Engstrøm, Ina Olmer Specht, Ann-Kathrin Lindahl Christiansen, Aksel Karl Georg Jensen, Thomas Bandholm, Charlotte Albury, Gritt Overbeck, Susanne Reventlow, Kim Rose Olsen, Patrick Fahr, Kirstine Nyvold Bojsen-Møller, Berit Lilienthal Heitmann, Frans Boch Waldorff, Sten Madsbad, Carsten Dirksen, Susan Ann Jebb

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240
Published: 2026-05
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240,
  title = {Intensive weight loss intervention versus usual care for adults with severe and complex obesity: the LightWAY randomised trial protocol},
  author = {Sarah Wane and Paul Aveyard and Sabrina Wielsøe and Sofus Christian Larsen and Jadine Scragg and Jane Lindschou and Janus Christian Jakobsen and Janus Engstrøm and Ina Olmer Specht and Ann-Kathrin Lindahl Christiansen and Aksel Karl Georg Jensen and Thomas Bandholm and Charlotte Albury and Gritt Overbeck and Susanne Reventlow and Kim Rose Olsen and Patrick Fahr and Kirstine Nyvold Bojsen-Møller and Berit Lilienthal Heitmann and Frans Boch Waldorff and Sten Madsbad and Carsten Dirksen and Susan Ann Jebb},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Intensive weight loss intervention versus usual care for adults with severe and complex obesity: the LightWAY randomised trial protocol
AU  - Sarah Wane
AU  - Paul Aveyard
AU  - Sabrina Wielsøe
AU  - Sofus Christian Larsen
AU  - Jadine Scragg
AU  - Jane Lindschou
AU  - Janus Christian Jakobsen
AU  - Janus Engstrøm
AU  - Ina Olmer Specht
AU  - Ann-Kathrin Lindahl Christiansen
AU  - Aksel Karl Georg Jensen
AU  - Thomas Bandholm
AU  - Charlotte Albury
AU  - Gritt Overbeck
AU  - Susanne Reventlow
AU  - Kim Rose Olsen
AU  - Patrick Fahr
AU  - Kirstine Nyvold Bojsen-Møller
AU  - Berit Lilienthal Heitmann
AU  - Frans Boch Waldorff
AU  - Sten Madsbad
AU  - Carsten Dirksen
AU  - Susan Ann Jebb
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
DO  - 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240
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Wane, S., Aveyard, P., Wielsøe, S., Larsen, S. C., Scragg, J., Lindschou, J., Jakobsen, J. C., Engstrøm, J., Specht, I. O., Christiansen, A. L., Jensen, A. K. G., Bandholm, T., Albury, C., Overbeck, G., Reventlow, S., Olsen, K. R., Fahr, P., Bojsen-Møller, K. N., Heitmann, B. L., Waldorff, F. B., Madsbad, S., Dirksen, C., & Jebb, S. A. (2026). Intensive weight loss intervention versus usual care for adults with severe and complex obesity: the LightWAY randomised trial protocol. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-107240

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