Online Platform for Healthy Weight Loss (POEmaS)

Summary

Clinical trial to test the efficacy of an online platform based on behavior change principles in promoting weight loss among overweight and obese students and employees of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The hypothesis is that participants of the group which use the platform with or without a dietitian coaching will lose more weight than those allocated to the group who receives dietary and physical activity orientations by educational videos only.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Online platform group

The online platform has social network, gamification and short-text sessions.

BEHAVIORAL

Online dietitian coaching

Dietitian coaching refers to individual online sessions between a dietitian and participants to strengthen dietary recommendations

BEHAVIORAL

Control group

Minimal intervention with four videos with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Ministry of Science and Technology, Brazil

  collaborator OTHER

• Federal University of Minas Gerais

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Alline Maria R Beleigoli, PhD · Federal University of Minas Gerais

• Andre Q Andrade, PhD · University of South Australia

• Antonio L Ribeiro, PhD · Federal University of Minas Gerais

• Maria de Fatima H Diniz, PhD · Federal University of Minas Gerais

• Roberta S Alvares, MSc · Federal University of Minas Gerais

• Leonardo Q Andrade, BSc · Cybergia Tecnologia em Saúde

• Tiago M Sizenando, BSc · Cybergia Tecnologia em Saúde

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Max Age

60 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2017-09-24

Primary Completion

2018-04-23

Completion

2018-04-23

Countries

• Brazil

Study Locations