Prevention of Obesity in Military Communities - Fit4Duty

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight, Adiposity

In brief

This randomized controlled trial assesses the efficacy of a 6-week, dissonance-based, weight-gain prevention program (Fit4Duty) designed to reduce unhealthy weight gain among military service members at-risk for obesity. The Fit4Duty program is an adaptation for the military of an existing civilian obesity prevention program, Project Health, which reduced obesity onset by 50% in healthy civilian young adults. Fit4Duty is compared to a nutrition education control condition and is hypothesized to reduce excess weight gain beyond the control comparison program during the 2 year period following study participation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02679937

Run by

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

People needed

119

Starts

2014-06-01

Expected to finish

2017-09-30

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Active Duty Service Member
• 18.5 kg/m2 < BMI ≤ 32kg/m2
• At risk for excess weight gain due to personal and/or family history of overweight
• English speaking
• Ability to complete study procedures

You may not qualify if…

• Presence of a major, chronic medical illness
• Illness and/or treatment likely to affect appetite or body weight
• Planned deployment/ training during the intervention period (upcoming 2 months)
• Documented or self-reported current pregnancy, current breast-feeding, or recently pregnant women (within 1 year of delivery). Because pregnancy is a state in which weight gain is expected and appropriate, pregnant individuals would not be suitable for this study
• Evidence or signs of suicidal ideation as determined by the research team

Where it is running

• Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
• Madigan Army Medical Center — Tacoma, Washington, United States

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