DIETFITS Study (Diet Intervention Examining the Factors Interacting With Treatment Success

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

609

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2013

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2016

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2016

Conditions
ObesityInsulin Resistance
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Low-Carbohydrate Diet

Counseling/instruction on how to follow a low-carbohydrate diet.

BEHAVIORAL

Low-Fat Diet

Counseling/instruction on how to follow a low-fat diet.

BEHAVIORAL

Mobile App

Mobile app to increase vegetable consumption. Participants with iPhones will be re-randomized to receive a mobile app beginning at either months 4-5 or months 7-8. The first phase during months 4-7 will be used to compare the effect of a mobile app (intervention) vs. no mobile app (waiting-list control). The a priori hypothesis is that vegetable consumption will increase among those who receive the app in both diet groups.

Trial Locations (1)

94305

Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Nutrition Science Initiative

OTHER

collaborator

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

collaborator

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

NIH

collaborator

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

NIH

lead

Stanford University

OTHER

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