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Interventions to Control Obesity in Community Colleges (CDC WAY to Health)

NCT01282775 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: EARLY_PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1029

Last updated 2011-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

CDC WAY to Health is a three year, group-randomized weight loss intervention study where approximately 1020 overweight/obese employees nested within 17 community colleges are randomly assigned to receive one of three promising, state-of-the-art, theory-linked interventions: Environment/Usual Care (E); Web-based Weight Loss Program + Environment (WEB+E) or Web + Environment +Incentives (WEB+E+I). College is the unit of randomization and intervention; employee is the unit of analysis. Follow-up weigh-in assessments are conducted at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

WEB + Environment

Participants receive weekly lessons via the Web along with additional tools for weight loss support

BEHAVIORAL

WEB + Cash Incentive for Weight Loss

Participants are paid cash based on the percent weight lost at 3, 6, and 12 months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • RTI International

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Laura A Linnan, ScD, CHES · UNC Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2006-11-30
Completion
2007-03-31

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