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The Use of the Internet to Facilitate Weight Loss and Maintenance.

NCT00008827 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2010-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project is assessing the effectiveness of using the Internet as a tool to facilitate the maintenance of weight lost in a behavioral weight control program. Participants attend a standard behavioral weight control intervention via Interactive Television and after 6 months are randomly assigned to one of three groups; a control group, an in-person weight maintenance group and a maintenance group that meets over the Internet. This research project is being conducted in Vermont.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral weight loss

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Jean Harvey-Berino · University of Vermont

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2000-09-30
Completion
2001-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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