A Trial Comparing Two Approaches to Weight Loss

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Overweight and Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Transforming Your Life; Behavioral: Diabetes Prevention Program

• Registration Number: NCT02671110
• Lead Sponsor: Robert Carels

Brief Summary

This study compared the recently developed Transforming Your Life (TYL) weight loss program to the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), considered the "Gold Standard" in behavioral weight loss treatment.

Detailed Description

Weight loss programs evidence considerable variability in treatment outcomes and weight regain is common, signaling the need for the refinement of effective treatments. This study compared the recently developed Transforming Your Life (TYL) program to the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), considered the "Gold Standard" in behavioral weight loss treatment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-12
• Study Completion: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2015-11-02
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-01-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-29
• Study First Posted: 2016-02-02
• Last Update Posted: 2016-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 98

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Transforming Your Life	Transforming Your Life	The TYL program emphasized: 1) helping participants develop and maintain healthy habits and disrupt unhealthy habits, 2) enabling participants to create a personal food and exercise environment that increases exposure to healthy eating and physical activity and encourages automatic responding to goal-related cues, and 3) facilitating participants' weight loss motivation.
Diabetes Prevention program	Diabetes Prevention Program	The DPP recommends that participants set a weight loss reduction goal of 7% or more of their baseline body weight, reduce consumption of high fat foods as a means to reduce caloric intake, and engage in brisk walking or other moderate intensity physical activity for 150 minutes per week. Sessions include information on changing energy intake and energy output through diet and exercise, and addressing psychological, social, environmental, and motivational challenges to health behavior change.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Weight Loss	10 months	lbs

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Energy expenditure	4 months	kilocalories
Caloric Intake	4 months	kilocalories

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Bowling Green State University; 🇺🇸 Bowling Green, Ohio, United States