SPARK a Healthy and Fit Lifestyle

Lifespan

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Face-to-Face; Behavioral: Web-based; Behavioral: Single session

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT01578512

DK083440

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the best format for delivering a brief behavioral weight loss intervention to young adults 18-25 years of age.

Enrollment: 45 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 25 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18-25 years old
• body mass index 25-45
• willing to be randomly assigned to any of the 3 arms
• available during the time frame of the study
• willing to complete assessment visits at 0, 2, 4 and 6 months

Exclusion criteria

• Age or BMI outside of eligible range
• Medical condition that would interfere with weight loss or make unsupervised physical activity unsafe
• Pregnant or nursing within 6 months
• recent weight loss >10% of body weight
• History of eating disorder
• Substance abuse or dependence

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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45 participants in 3 patient groups

Face-to-Face

Experimental group

Description:

8 sessions of weekly group behavioral weight loss treatment

Treatment:

Behavioral: Face-to-Face

Web-based

Experimental group

Description:

Participants receive one group face-to-face session followed by 7 web-based lessons, reporting of key behaviors, and feedback on progress.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Web-based

Single Session

Active Comparator group

Description:

Single session behavioral weight loss

Treatment:

Behavioral: Single session