Prevention of Obesity at Universities: A Randomized Trial (Healthy Start)

Drexel University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Healthy Eating Behaviors Training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT00456131

DK72982

R01DK072982 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a nutrition and behavior-based intervention conducted at Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania with college women during their freshman year. It involves attending groups where life skills and eating behaviors are taught to help them control their weight and physical health.

Enrollment: 330 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18 to 19 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• A variety of risk factors for later life weight gain

Exclusion criteria

• Current or past history of eating disorder

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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330 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention group (other group is a control without any intervention) involves 6 one-hour group sessions teaching healthy eating habits and weight gain prevention tools.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Healthy Eating Behaviors Training