Weigh 2 Go: The efficacy of water preloading before main meals as a strategy for weight loss in obese primary care patients
- Conditions
- ObesityNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN33238158
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Birmingham (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 88
1. Patients must be aged >=18 years
2. Have a body mass index (BMI) equal to or greater than 30 kg/m2
3. Considered suitable to participate by their GP.
Weight and height will be measured objectively by the research team and BMI checked prior to randomisation to ensure eligibility.
1. Pregnant or breast feeding or intending to fall pregnant within the study time period.
2. Cannot understand or speak English sufficiently to undertake the tasks of the study.
3. Currently attending a weight management programme (including pharmacotherapy or bariatric surgery) or has taken part in a formal weight management programme in the previous three months.
4. Weight loss of >2 kg in previous 3 months.
5. BMI less than 30 kg/m2.
6. Dependent on insulin.
7. Use of medication known to affect weight/food intake/energy expenditure.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Difference in weight change (objective) between the groups from baseline to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Dietary intake and beverage consumption measured at baseline and 3 months<br>2. Measure of fullness and satiety measured at 2, 3 and 9 weeks<br>3. Total urine volume and specific gravity concentration measured at baseline, 6 weeks and 3 months