A Behavioral Intervention for Reducing Obesity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity

In brief

This study will examine a contingency management (CM) intervention designed to provide incentives for losing weight versus participating in a manual-guided behavioral weight loss intervention alone. Participants in the CM condition will earn the opportunity to win prizes by losing weight and completing activities that contribute to weight loss, such as keeping daily food and physical activity diaries, choosing healthy foods, exercising, and using other weight loss strategies. The investigators will determine if the CM improves weight loss relative to the usual care manual-guided intervention alone.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00892788

Run by

UConn Health

People needed

56

Starts

2009-04-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-04-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age between 18 and 65 years
• body mass index in kg/m2 (BMI) between 30.0 and 39.9
• seated blood pressure of 100/60-140/90 mmHg
• ability to speak English and read at the 6th grade level
• willingness to be randomly assigned to one of two groups

You may not qualify if…

• any serious acute or chronic medical problems that may impact dietary or exercise regimens or impact weight loss
• psychiatric exclusions

Where it is running

• University of Connecticut Health Center — Farmington, Connecticut, United States

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