Weight Gain Prevention

Lifespan

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weight Gain

Treatments: Behavioral: large changes in eating and activity; Behavioral: small changes in eating and activity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00606840

#2018-07

Details and patient eligibility

About

The specific aim of the proposed project is to test two separate self-regulation interventions to prevent weight gain in young adults, one based on making sustained small changes in behavior to prevent weight gain and the other on making periodic larger behavior changes resulting in weight loss.

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 35 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18-35
• Body mass index between 23 and 30
• Interested in preventing weight gain

Exclusion criteria

• BMI outside of range specified
• Age outside of range specified
• History of or current eating disorder or substance abuse
• Recent weight loss greater than 5% of weight
• Currently in another research study that would interfere

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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52 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Experimental group

Description:

One arm is a large changes group in which participants will be asked to make periodic large changes in their eating and activity, aimed at producing initial weight loss, in order to prevent weight gain over time.

Treatment:

Behavioral: large changes in eating and activity

2

Experimental group

Description:

The second arm is a small changes group in which participants will be asked to make small changes to their eating and activity and maintain these changes forever in order to prevent weight gain.

Treatment:

Behavioral: small changes in eating and activity