Trial of Fresh Start Weight Loss Intervention in WIC Participants

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The Fresh Start postpartum weight loss program will test the effectiveness of a group-based weight loss intervention that includes videos featuring peers who have successfully achieved postpartum weight loss. The group-based condition will be compared to a control condition involving print materials related to weight loss.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02176915

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

139

Starts

2014-07-01

Expected to finish

2019-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-10-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 6 months or less postpartum
• Speaks English
• BMI 25 or greater
• Client of WIC program, Worcester MA

You may not qualify if…

• Not able to give informed consent

Where it is running

• UMass Medical School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.