Interventions for Lifestyle Changes to Promote Weight Reduction, a Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care (LÄTTA)

Örebro County Council

Status

Completed

Conditions

Overweight/Obesity

Treatments

Other: Intensive lifestyle counseling

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01606917

OrebroCC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a weight reduction program in adults, seen in a primary care setting, with overweight/obesity perceived as a health problem or with diseases related to overweight/obesity and ambitions to achieve weight reduction as part of treatment.

Full description

Patients seeking advice for overweight/obesity or illness related to overweight/obesity at eight primary health care centers in Sweden were randomized either to intervention or control care groups with both dietary advice and individualized advice on increased regular physical activity. Main outcome measures were reduction in body weight of 5 percent or more from study start.

Enrollment

133 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients between 18 and 70 years of age who consulted or were in care for overweight/obesity with or without type 2 diabetes
Hypertension, CVD
Coronary heart disease (CHD)
Dyslipidemia
Gallstone or musculoskeletal disorders

Exclusion criteria

Patients were not eligible if they were already taking part in another weight control program
Understood the Swedish language poorly
Were mentally ill or had an alcohol or drug addiction.
Nor were they eligible if they had a physical disability preventing intensified physical activity or were pregnant at study start.