Online Platform for Healthy Weight Loss (POEmaS)

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Online dietitian coaching; Behavioral: Control group; Behavioral: Online platform group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03435445

73545717500005149

Details and patient eligibility

About

Clinical trial to test the efficacy of an online platform based on behavior change principles in promoting weight loss among overweight and obese students and employees of the Federal University of Minas Gerais. The hypothesis is that participants of the group which use the platform with or without a dietitian coaching will lose more weight than those allocated to the group who receives dietary and physical activity orientations by educational videos only.

Enrollment: 1,276 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Body mass index >=25 kg/m2
• intention to lose weight by healthy lifestyle habits
• internet access

Exclusion criteria

• pregnancy
• diabetes
• heart failure
• coronary artery disease
• kidney disease
• hepatic disease
• cancer
• phenylketonuria
• celiac disease
• food allergies
• bariatric surgery history
• participation in any other weight loss program

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

---

1,276 participants in 3 patient groups

Online platform group

Experimental group

Description:

Online platform with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online platform group

Online dietitian coaching

Experimental group

Description:

Diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks and online sessions with a dietitian specialist for 12 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Online platform group

Behavioral: Online dietitian coaching

Control group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Videos with diet, physical activity and behavior change recommendations for 24 weeks

Treatment:

Behavioral: Control group