Smart Nutrition, Healthier Communities

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity and Overweight

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle Management; Device: Intervention; Device: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06667843

774938

Details and patient eligibility

About

The project investigates the effect of the health app Lifeness as a digital therapeutic (DTx) and follow-up tool in a municipal setting at a regional Healthy Lives Center in central Norway (Frisklivssentralen Værnesregionen), targeting early intervention for overweight and obesity.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI ≤27kg/m2 or obesity measured by waist circumference, current weight stability, motivated to lifestyle change using mobile apps, access to smartphone with 5G. Living in the municipallies covered by the Værnes region of central Norway.

Exclusion criteria

• previous bariatric surgery, use of anti-obesity drugs, pregnancy, current or present cancer diagnosis,substance abuse or psychiatric diagnosis (such as eating disorders), or other conditions that can hinder physical activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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37 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Standard follow-up at respective Healthy Lives Center with the addition of a digital therapeutic app with a full lifestyle program, including daily logging, tasks, articles and general information and possibility for digital communication with their healthcare provider.

Treatment:

Device: Intervention

Behavioral: Lifestyle Management

Control

Experimental group

Description:

Standard follow-up at respective Healthy Lives Center, including daily logging in the digital therapeutic app.

Treatment:

Device: Control

Behavioral: Lifestyle Management