Internet Assisted Obesity Treatment Enhanced With Financial Incentives
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Conditions studied: Obesity
In brief
The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial to evaluate whether the addition of financial incentives to a high-quality, online behavioral weight loss intervention produces better weight losses than the online treatment alone.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02688621
- Run by
- University of Vermont
- People needed
- 418
- Starts
- 2016-04-11
- Expected to finish
- 2019-08-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-10-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- over 18
- BMI between 25 and 50
- Not currently pregnant or pregnant in the previous 6 months and currently breastfeeding or planning on becoming pregnant in 18 months
- Have a computer at home or at work with flashplayer, access to the internet, and a smart phone (to allow use of step counting aps)
- Free of medical problems that might contraindicate participation in a behavioral weight reduction program containing an exercise component
- Not enrolled in another weight reduction program
- Not currently on medication that would affect weight loss
You may not qualify if…
- had a heart attack or stroke in the previous six months
- had weight loss surgery
- lost 10 pounds or more in the previous 6 months
- currently taking medications for weight loss
- required by their doctor to follow a special diet (other than low fat)
- planning to move out of the area within 18 months
- schedule conflicts making it difficult to attend online "chats"
- live more than 60 minutes driving distance from either University of South Carolina or University of Vermont campuses
Where it is running
- University of South Carolina — Columbia, South Carolina, United States
- Behavioral Weight Management Program/Univ of Vermont — Burlington, Vermont, United States
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