Internet Assisted Obesity Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity

In brief

High quality behavioral weight loss programs are not widely accessible. The Internet offers one way to deliver health behavior programs to a wider audience. However, effective weight loss treatments are intensive and program delivery over the Internet may not be capable of duplicating the level of engagement typically generated during traditional in-person treatment. The goal of this study is to test the effectiveness of three weight loss interventions: Internet alone, Internet+periodic in-person support, and in-person alone. The investigators hypothesize that the in-person and internet+in-person interventions will produce better weight loss and maintenance than the internet only group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00265954

Run by

University of Vermont

People needed

481

Starts

2006-02-01

Expected to finish

2009-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-08-06

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >18 years old
• BMI>25
• Internet access

You may not qualify if…

• pregnancy
• major medical problems
• inability to walk for exercise

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for the Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
• University of Vermont — Burlington, Vermont, United States

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