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Evaluating a Small Change Approach to Preventing Long Term Weight Gain in Overweight and Obese Adults

NCT02027077 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 344

Last updated 2019-01-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity is a major risk factor for disease and a public health problem. Recent information suggests that while it is possible for most overweight adults to lose a substantial amount of weight, maintaining the weight loss for any extended time (2 to 3 years) is very difficult. This is because trying to maintain big changes in exercise and/or eating behaviour is very difficult in today's environment that makes sustain big changes in behaviour (Example: eat allot less or exercise allot more) very hard. In fact at this time health professionals are unsure of how best to help overweight adults maintain big behavioral changes for long periods of time. In response, we propose that making smaller changes in eating and exercise habits every day may be possible in today's environment and if so, small weight changes may be possible to maintain for long periods of time. This study is designed to assess whether making small changes in eating and exercise behavior will be associated with sustained weight loss over three (3) years. The results of the study may have important implications for development of public health messages and clinical guidelines for prevention and treatment of obesity through small changes in both exercise and eating habits.

Conditions

  • Obesity
  • Prevention of Weight Gain

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Control group

No prescribed intervention/ Participants asked to follow normal initiatives to engage in physical activity a healthful diet behaviors for the duration of the intervention

BEHAVIORAL

Lifestyle counselling

Participants will follow a prescribed behavioral intervention program seeking small changes in both physical activity and diet for the duration of the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen's University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Ross, PhD · Queen's University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2018-05-30
Completion
2018-05-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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