Personalised advice to aid weight loss
- Conditions
- Weight management in those with overweight and obesityNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN51509551
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Southampton
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 240
1. Aged >18 years
2. Body mass index 25 - 40 kg/m²
3. Waist circumference >94 cm (for men) or >80 cm (for women)
4. Possess a mobile phone or other device capable of hosting the app
5. Able to provide written informed consent.
1. Diagnosed with diabetes or having a serum glucose =125 mg/dL (6.9 mmol/l) (at V1 blood sampling), other metabolic and endocrine disorders
2. Presence of chronic disease (cardiovascular disease, kidney disease (or a serum creatinine = 1.7 mg/dl (150 µmol/l) for men and = 1.5 mg/dl (132 µmol/l) for women at V1 blood sampling), cancer, pulmonary diseases, coeliac disease, Crohn’s disease, etc.)
3. Body mass index >40 kg/m²
4. Being pregnant or planning to become pregnant within the study period
5. Use of prescribed medicine to control blood glucose, inflammation or dyslipidemia (or LDL-cholesterol =4.9 mmol/L (>190 mg/dL) and/or triglycerides =4.5 mmol/L (=400 mg/dL) at V1 blood sampling)
6. Consumption of more than 14 drinks of alcoholic beverages per week
7. Current smoking
8. Use of dietary supplements
9. Blood donation in the previous 3 months
10. No access to the internet
11. Note: Subjects with hypertension and taking antihypertensive drugs (metabolically neutral) will be not excluded and allowed to continue their prescribed dosage
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Waist circumference (cm) measured using a tape measure at study entry (visit 1) and exit (visit 3)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method