Assessing the Bite Counter

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 1

Conditions

Weight Loss

Treatments

Device: Bite Counter

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02763358

00043670

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is designed to test the usability of the Bite Counter in an attempt to reduce participants' daily bites while also increasing their daily steps.

Full description

Self-monitoring is an important component of behavioral management of obesity. The Bite Counter is a wrist-worn device which detects the motions characteristic of taking a bite of food or a drink of liquid, to provide the wearer with a cumulative count of bites and sips over the day. In earlier studies the method was shown to accurately count bites across a wide variety of foods, utensils and subject demographics, and to provide an unbiased intake measurement. The proposed work will continue to improve the bite counting method by adapting to varying eating rates, develop a self-managed bite count-based weight loss protocol, and perform an independent test of the protocol. An improved Bite Counter device will also measure activity (steps).

Enrollment

42 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Participants must be between the ages of 18 and 70 (inclusive)
Participants must have a BMI between 27 and 35
Participants must have regular and reliable access to a Windows-based computer with an internet connection with USB connectivity
Participants must be currently consuming at least 1400 calories per day
Participants must demonstrate adequate compliance with using Bite Counter and uploading data during the two-week baseline period

Exclusion criteria

Participants must have no history of any eating disorder
Participants must not have participated in a weight loss program within the month prior to baseline