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Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2013
Primary Completion Date
July 31, 2013
Study Completion Date
July 31, 2013
Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention (SBWL)
Included changing eating behaviors, increasing physical activity, and attending regular group weight loss meetings.
Campaign Intervention (CI)
Included changing eating behaviors and increasing physical activity, however participants will not attend regular meetings. Instead they will attend two weekly meetings at weeks 0 and 12. During the weeks they are not scheduled to attend in-person weekly meetings (weeks 1-11), they will receive education materials via e-mail. They will also have the opportunity to earn points towards prizes by reporting diet and physical activity behaviors, and body weight via e-mail.
University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh
OTHER