Online Counseling to Enable Lifestyle-focused Obesity Treatment in Primary Care

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

With over half of the US population currently overweight and 31% of adults now obese, the primary care setting may represent an important source of weight-loss support, in the interest of cardiovascular prevention. Yet, although the US Preventive Services task force recommends that physicians screen all adult patients for obesity and offer intensive counseling and behavioral interventions to promote sustained weight loss for obese adults, the recommendation has not been widely implemented. The Internet may help overcome many of the barriers that have prevented intensive obesity counseling in the clinical setting. The aim of this study is to examine whether Internet-based interventions for developing healthier lifestyles can improve preventive health care in a cost-effective manner.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01044147

Run by

University of Pittsburgh

People needed

360

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2012-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-01-14

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Obese (BMI > 30kg/meters squared)
• Age 21-75
• Receives primary care at a participating primary care clinic in the Pittsburgh, PA area

You may not qualify if…

• Primary care physician determination that moderate physical activity is not safe or appropriate for the patient
• Pregnancy
• Planned pregnancy in the next 2 years
• Current breast-feeding
• Bariatric surgery in the past 2 years
• Planned bariatric surgery in the next 2 years
• Edematous state that interferes with body weight assessment
• Health condition that is likely to influence body weight
• Heart attack within the past 3 months
• Regular use of prescription medication that is likely to influence body weight
• participation during the past year in either of the pilot programs for this study
• perceived lack of basic computer or Internet skills
• Inability to learn adequately from English language audio-recorded materials
• Lack of access to a scale
• Inability to attend an Orientation session

Where it is running

• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

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