Treating Obesity in Underserved Overweight Populations

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Overweight

In brief

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions with nearly two-thirds of the US population either overweight or obese. Thus, novel strategies that both improve weight loss maintenance and are accessible to those most in need are the focus of this application, which will determine if a telemedicine system can help participants, who have undergone a weight loss program based in church and community centers, maintain their weight loss over a 1 year period. Telemedicine will provide support through self-monitoring, education, supervised chat room, bulletin board, and e-mail.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00373230

Run by

Temple University

People needed

320

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2010-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-10-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 27<BMI<45
• Able to walk

You may not qualify if…

• Diabetes on medications

Where it is running

• Geisinger Medical Center — Danville, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)
• Temple University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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