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Clinical Trials/NCT00606840
NCT00606840
Completed
Not Applicable

Study to Prevent Weight Gain

The Miriam Hospital1 site in 1 country52 target enrollmentJanuary 2008
ConditionsWeight Gain

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Weight Gain
Sponsor
The Miriam Hospital
Enrollment
52
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
weight change
Status
Completed
Last Updated
14 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The specific aim of the proposed project is to test two separate self-regulation interventions to prevent weight gain in young adults, one based on making sustained small changes in behavior to prevent weight gain and the other on making periodic larger behavior changes resulting in weight loss.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
January 2008
End Date
September 2008
Last Updated
14 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Jessica LaRose

Assistant Professor

The Miriam Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Age 18-35
  • Body mass index between 23 and 30
  • Interested in preventing weight gain

Exclusion Criteria

  • BMI outside of range specified
  • Age outside of range specified
  • History of or current eating disorder or substance abuse
  • Recent weight loss greater than 5% of weight
  • Currently in another research study that would interfere

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

weight change

Time Frame: 8 weeks and 16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

  • frequency of weighing, adherence to intervention, diet, activity(8 weeks and 16 weeks)

Study Sites (1)

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