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Feasibility of a Campaign Intervention Compared to a Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention in Overweight and Obese Adults

NCT01803737 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2014-02-17

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the feasibility of a campaign intervention for weight management compared to a standard behavioral weight loss intervention in overweight and obese adults.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention (SBWL)

Included changing eating behaviors, increasing physical activity, and attending regular group weight loss meetings.

BEHAVIORAL

Campaign Intervention (CI)

Included changing eating behaviors and increasing physical activity, however participants will not attend regular meetings. Instead they will attend two weekly meetings at weeks 0 and 12. During the weeks they are not scheduled to attend in-person weekly meetings (weeks 1-11), they will receive education materials via e-mail. They will also have the opportunity to earn points towards prizes by reporting diet and physical activity behaviors, and body weight via e-mail.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Pittsburgh

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • David O Garcia, MS · University of Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
55 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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