Text4Diet: A Text Messaging Program for Weight Loss

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Text Messaging (Intervention), Control

In brief

The purpose of the present RCT is to evaluate a 12-month SMS intervention with expanded content, intervention strategies and interactive database logic, novel online enrollment, and automatic baseline scoring of measures to support a 12 month weight loss SMS intervention. The investigators hypothesized that the intervention group would have greater weight loss at 6 and 12 months than the control group and increased adherence to SMS would be associated with greater weight loss at 6 and 12 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01571258

Run by

Santech, Inc

People needed

170

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-04-05

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• age: 21 to 65 years
• overweight or obese status: BMI between 25.0 and 39.9
• regular access to the Internet
• own and regularly use a cell phone and know how to use SMS
• ability to read and speak English
• ability to participate in moderate PA.

You may not qualify if…

• current pregnancy or the intention of becoming pregnant during the 12 month trial
• moving out of the country during the 12 month trial
• current eating disorder

Where it is running

• Santech, Inc. — San Diego, California, United States

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