Feasibility of a Campaign Intervention Compared to a Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention in Overweight and Obese Adults

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

26

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Conditions
Weight Loss
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Standard Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention (SBWL)

Included changing eating behaviors, increasing physical activity, and attending regular group weight loss meetings.

BEHAVIORAL

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.

Trial Locations (1)

15217

University of Pittsburgh Physical Activity and Weight Management Research Center, Pittsburgh

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

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