Four Year Weight Change of Cornell Students
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Weight Gain
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Experimental
- Registration Number
- NCT02300493
- Lead Sponsor
- Cornell University
- Brief Summary
Examining the effect of daily self-weighing on the ability of student to prevent from gaining weight during their four years at Cornell.
- Detailed Description
A group of freshman volunteers were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups were given an internet based scale (Withings). The experimental group was asked to weigh themselves daily. The controls were asked to weigh themselves three times within one week every six months in response to being contacted by our researchers.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy
Exclusion Criteria
- Pregnancy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Control Experimental Weigh themselves every six months Experimental Experimental weigh themselves daily
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body Weight 3 1/2 year weight gain
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Dorms or student houseing
🇺🇸Ithaca, New York, United States