Maintenance After Initiation of Nutrition TrAINing

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable deaths in the United States and is associated with a wide range of diseases. In people who are obese, weight loss improves blood pressure, dyslipidemia, glycemia, and arthritis symptoms; reduces medication use for several disease processes; increases physical functioning; and enhances health-related quality of life. The current study evaluated a theoretically informed maintenance intervention. If effective, this intervention could reduce the need for future clinic visits to treat obesity and its many associated illnesses.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01357551

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

222

Starts

2012-08-01

Expected to finish

2015-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-11-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 74. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI >= 30 kg/m2
• Desire to lose weight
• Agrees to attend regular visits per study protocol
• Has a provider at the Durham Veterans Affairs Medical Center

You may not qualify if…

• Age >= 75 years old,
• Most recent serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dL in men, >1.7 mg/dL in women),
• Liver disease (cirrhosis, jaundice, or other stigmata of advanced liver disease),
• Type 1 diabetes,
• Hemoglobin A1c >= 12% in past 6 months
• unstable angina or coronary ischemia workup in past 3 months
• Female: pregnancy, breastfeeding, or lack of birth control if premenopausal
• Transplant recipient
• Pacemaker or defibrillator (bioelectric impedance assessment might interfere with these)
• Average systolic blood pressure in the past year >= 160 mmHg AND most recent BP >=160 mmHg
• Dementia, severe psychiatric illness (e.g., major depression), alcohol problem, or illicit substance abuse
• Weight loss of at least 10 lb in previous 3 months
• Enrollment in a weight loss program
• Unable to stand for study measurements
• history of weight loss surgery
• cancer not in remission
• current use of appetite suppressants or weight loss medication
• lack of reliable transportation or telephone

Where it is running

• Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC — Durham, North Carolina, United States

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