240
Participants
Start Date
March 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2009
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2009
Individualized education
"We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of three types of weight control educational intervention programs. Obese subjects were randomly allocated into individualized health education group, group weight control education and mail-delivered health education group.Obese subjects who were randomly allocated into individualized health education group received consulting services provided by a doctor, nutritionist and fitness expert. The interventions were 12 sessions over 6 months."
Grouped education
"We conducted a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effects of three types of weight control educational intervention programs. Obese subjects were randomly allocated into individualized health education group, group weight control education and mail-delivered health education group.Obese subjects who were randomly allocated into grouped health education group attended 12 sessions of group intervention over 6 months."
Department of Famility Medicine,China Medical University Hospital, Taichung
Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C. (Taiwan)
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China Medical University Hospital
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