The Relationship of TV Viewing to Energy Balance in Adults (TView)

University of Vermont

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: TV viewing reduction; Behavioral: No TV viewing reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT00622050

CHRBS 08-052

Details and patient eligibility

About

The specific objectives of this project are to:

1. Investigate the effects of reducing TV viewing time on energy intake, eating behavior, and energy expenditure in overweight or obese adult subjects, thus providing a basis for evaluating if reducing TV viewing time might be a useful adjunct therapy in obesity prevention and treatment
2. Analyze the types of foods eaten in conjunction with TV viewing
3. Determine if there is an association between location of TV and BMI.

Enrollment: 44 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• BMI between 25-50
• Watch at least 3 hours of TV per day or 21 hours per week.
• Between the ages of 21-65 years.
• Willing to have study staff enter home several times.
• Willing to have TV viewing time reduced.

Exclusion criteria

• Live greater than 45 minutes from UVM campus.
• Enrolled in a weight loss study
• Pregnant or planning to become pregnant during active study protocol.
• Breastfeeding for 6 months or less.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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44 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

This arm will be experiencing the same protocol as the control group, only their TV viewing time will be reduced. The TV viewing time reduction is the experimental intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: TV viewing reduction

Control

Active Comparator group

Description:

The control group will be experiencing the exact protocol; only their TV viewing time will not be reduced.

Treatment:

Behavioral: No TV viewing reduction