Evaluation of a text supported weight maintenance programme ?Lighten Up Plus? following a weight reduction programme in the ?Lighten Up? service in Birmingham.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Treatment for people who are overweight/obese; Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine; Obesity

• Registration Number: ISRCTN47845106
• Lead Sponsor: Birmingham and Solihull NHS Cluster (UK)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2012-12-18
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2016

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 522

Inclusion Criteria

1. Aged =18
2. People who have a final (week 12) weight recorded or attended the Lighten Up weight management service for a minimum of 9 sessions and have had a weight measured within the past 2 weeks
3. Has access to scales to weigh self
4. Owns a phone (mobile or land-line).

Exclusion Criteria

1. Unable to understand English
2. Women who are known to be pregnant
3. People who attended the My Choice pharmacy programme
4. Not willing to be randomised
5. People who have dropped out of the Lighten Up service prior to week 9

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Difference between baseline weight and independently measured weight at nine months following randomisation.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
1. Self-reported weight loss at 3 months following randomisation, which will be collected by the Lighten Up call centre by telephone (or questionnaire for people not-contactable by phone)<br>2. BMI at 9 months and percentage of people achieving 5% loss of body weight from the start of their Lighten Up programme.