Short Term Effects of Increasing Sleep Duration

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Overweight and Obesity

In brief

A series of studies are proposed to develop an intervention to increase sleep duration and study the effects on eating, exercise, and weight control. The hypothesis is that increasing sleep duration will help improve weight loss and maintenance.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01428687

Run by

The Miriam Hospital

People needed

60

Starts

2011-08-01

Expected to finish

2016-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-08-30

Who can join

Age: 25 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age 25 to 45;
• BMI 25 to 50;
• healthy;
• sleep 6.5 hours or less per night

You may not qualify if…

• use of sleep medications;
• sleep apnea;
• third shift worker

Where it is running

• Weight Control & Diabetes Research Center — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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