Promoting Long-term Behavior Change to Reduce CVD Risk

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT00227006
• Lead Sponsor: Stanford University

Brief Summary

Once intervention class or staff contact is removed, obese adults participating in behavioral weight-loss programs often give up healthy eating habits and regain weight. We examined whether taste-based goal setting, which minimizes perceived deprivation by promoting taste and moderation, would sustain long-term reductions in saturated fat and body mass index (BMI).

Detailed Description

Once intervention class or staff contact is removed, obese adults participating in behavioral weight-loss programs often give up healthy eating habits and regain weight. We examined whether taste-based goal setting, which minimizes perceived deprivation by promoting taste and moderation, would sustain long-term reductions in saturated fat and body mass index (BMI). Participants were randomized to Taste-Based Choices (taste-based goal setting + a standard 6-month behavioral weight-loss intervention), Smart Consumers (a standard 6-month intervention alone) or Community Access (access to commercial/community-based behavioral weight-loss programs) and followed over 18 months. To test our hypotheses, we examined a set of orthogonal contrasts (TBC and SC vs. CA; TBC vs. SC) on reductions in saturated fat (Block FFQ) and clinic-measured BMI.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 1999-01
• Primary Completion: 2004-04
• Study Completion: 2004-04
• Study First Submitted: 2005-09-13
• Study First Submitted QC: 2005-09-23
• Study First Posted: 2005-09-27
• Status Verified: 2015-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-05-18
• Last Update Posted: 2015-05-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 163

Inclusion Criteria

• Body mass index between 27-37

• Physically inactive
• Able to participate in physical activity
• Percentage of daily calories from total fat 30% or more
• Free of diagnosed heart disease
• Stable on medications for 3 months or more

Exclusion Criteria

• Diabetic

• Dysphoric (Beck Depression Inventory score greater than 18)
• Binge eating or bulimic (Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of saturated fat in diet	18 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body weight	18 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Stanford University School of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Stanford, California, United States