Winter Weight Watch Study: Efficacy of a brief public health intervention to prevent weight gain during the Christmas holiday period
Completed
- Conditions
- Obesity and overweightNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN15071781
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Birmingham
- Brief Summary
2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30530821
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 284
Inclusion Criteria
1. Aged 18 years or more
2. BMI 20.0 kg/m2 or more
Exclusion Criteria
1. Unable to understand English sufficiently to provide written informed consent
2. Women who are known to be pregnant or intending to become pregnant during the study period
3. Women who are breastfeeding
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in weight from baseline (mid-late November) to follow up (mid-January – early February)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Proportion of participants in both groups who have gained = 0.5 kg at follow up<br> 2. Frequency of self-weighing in the previous two weeks using a single-item measure<br> 3. Change in percentage body fat, measured by bioelectrical impedance at baseline and follow up<br><br> Added 01/11/2018:<br> 4. Difference between groups in cognitive restraint, emotional eating and uncontrolled eating as measured by the three factor eating questionnaire at baseline and follow up<br>