Online Platform for Healthy Weight Loss (POEmaS)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Overweight; Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Control group; Behavioral: Online platform group; Behavioral: Online dietitian coaching

• Registration Number: NCT03435445
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of Minas Gerais

Brief 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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-09-24
• Study First Submitted: 2018-01-30
• Status Verified: 2018-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-02-09
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-02-09
• Study First Posted: 2018-02-19
• Last Update Posted: 2018-02-19
• Primary Completion: 2018-04-23
• Study Completion: 2018-04-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 270

Inclusion Criteria

• Body mass index >=25 kg/m2
• intention to lose weight by healthy lifestyle habits
• internet access

Exclusion Criteria

• pregnancy
• diabetes
• heart failure
• coronary artery disease
• kidney disease
• hepatic disease
• cancer
• phenylketonuria
• celiac disease
• food allergies
• bariatric surgery history
• participation in any other weight loss program

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Online dietitian coaching	Online dietitian coaching	Diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks and online sessions with a dietitian specialist for 12 weeks
Control group	Control group	Videos with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks
Online platform group	Online platform group	Online platform with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks
Online dietitian coaching	Online platform group	Diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks and online sessions with a dietitian specialist for 12 weeks

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
mean weight difference	24 weeks	self-reported mean weight difference of 4kg between experimental and control groups

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sugar-added liquids consumption difference	24 weeks	Mean difference in weekly consumption of sugar-added liquids in mL between experimental and control groups
Physical activity classification change	24 weeks	Change physical activity level as measured by the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ
Mean body mass index difference	24 weeks	Body mass index difference between experimental and control groups
Daily fruit and vegetables consumption difference	24 weeks	Number of daily portions of fruit and vegetables intake difference between experimental and control groups

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Federal University of Minas Gerais; 🇧🇷 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil