Managing Obesity by Combining Behavioral Weight Loss and Commercial Approaches

Baruch College City University of New York

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Weight Watchers; Behavioral: Combined Treatment; Behavioral: Standard behavioral weight loss treatment

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00827593

070601

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effectiveness of 3 behavioral weight loss programs- Weight Watchers, university-based behavioral weight loss treatment, and a combined approach which includes university-based treatment followed by Weight Watchers.

Enrollment: 144 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age between 30-65 years
• BMI between 27-50 kg/m2
• Written approval/consent from primary health care provider

Exclusion criteria

• Unable to walk 2 blocks without stopping.
• Currently participating in a weight loss program or taking weight loss medication.
• Participated in a weight loss program in the last year
• Took weight loss medication in the last 6 months.
• Participated in Weight Watchers in last 2 years.
• Lost >=5% of body weight during 6 months prior to screening.
• Pregnant, lactating, less than 6 months postpartum, or plan to become pregnant during study time frame.
• Report conditions that in the judgment of the principal investigator would render them potentially unlikely to follow protocol for the 12 month study.
• Report a medical condition that would affect the safety and/or efficacy of a weight management program involving changes in diet and physical activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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144 participants in 3 patient groups

Standard behavioral weight loss

Active Comparator group

Description:

University-based behavioral weight loss treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Standard behavioral weight loss treatment

Weight Watchers

Active Comparator group

Description:

Weight Watchers program

Treatment:

Behavioral: Weight Watchers

Combined Treatment

Active Comparator group

Description:

University-based behavioral weight loss treatment followed by Weight Watchers

Treatment:

Behavioral: Combined Treatment