Evaluating the Effectiveness of Financial Incentives in Promoting Weight Loss Among Obese Individuals.

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

57

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2007

Primary Completion Date

June 30, 2008

Study Completion Date

December 31, 2009

Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentives

Participants call in their weight on daily basis. Participants must report under their daily targets to qualify for entry into lottery. Call-in weights are verified at monthly weigh-ins.

BEHAVIORAL

Financial Incentives

Participants call in their weight on daily basis. Participants must report under their daily targets to qualify to receive daily incentive. Call-in weights are verified at monthly weigh-ins.

Trial Locations (1)

19104

Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion, Philadelphia

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

William and Flora Hewlett Foundation

OTHER

collaborator

USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

FED

collaborator

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

NIH

lead

University of Pennsylvania

OTHER

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