Impact of Mobile Phone Texting Service to Support Weight Loss

NACompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

120

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

April 28, 2017

Primary Completion Date

November 30, 2018

Study Completion Date

November 30, 2018

Conditions
Obesity
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Short Message Text Service

A service designed by professionals inside the National Health Service (NHS) to provide support and advice for participants to manage weight loss. It combines the expertise of the healthcare team and the convenience of the participant's own mobile phone to give prompts and advice to act on. It makes use of the familiar and convenient mobile phone text service 'SMS' to communicate directly with participants.

BEHAVIORAL

Standard Weight Management Group

A standard Lothian NHS group programme facilitated by a Dietitian

Trial Locations (2)

EH49 6SJ

Elizabeth McAnally, Edinburgh

EH54 6PP

NHS Lothian, Edinburgh

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Queen Margaret University

OTHER

lead

NHS Lothian

OTHER_GOV

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