87
Participants
Start Date
November 17, 2017
Primary Completion Date
May 31, 2019
Study Completion Date
May 31, 2019
Gold Standard Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss
Group-based behavioral treatment for weight loss, with a standard emphasis on diet (65% of session) and physical activity goals (25% of session). Other weight loss behaviors such as self monitoring will be covered in the remaining time (10% of session). Participants will be asked to utilize digital monitoring devices for physical activity, weight, and diet. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Standard Remote Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss
Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by participant self-report. Coaches will not have access to the digital data that participants provide on physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Digital Data Sharing Behavior Therapy for Weight Loss
Individual, monthly, brief phone calls with coach and weekly text messages. The content of these calls and messages will be determined by the digital data that has been shared with the coach from physical activity, weight, and diet monitoring devices.
Drexel University, Philadelphia
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
NIH
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
NIH
Drexel University
OTHER