Assessing the Efficacy of Smartphone Calorie Calculator Application on Body Composition With and Without Intervention

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Over nutrition has led to an increasing overweight and obese population. Maintaining a calorie deficit can be difficult causing many patients to be unsuccessful at weight loss attempts. There are many smart phone applications that are labeled as weight loss aids, MyFitnessPal™ being one of these applications. MyFitnessPal ™ assists users to help record calorie intake to maintain a balanced caloric intake and to avoid over nutrition Primary Hypothesis: This study is testing the hypothesis that subjects using a smart phone calorie calculator with intervention will have a greater body fat percentage loss in 8 weeks when compared to the control group. Secondary Hypothesis: Subjects using a smart phone calorie calculator with intervention will report improved self-body image in 8 weeks.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT03410472
Run by
New York Institute of Technology
People needed
20
Starts
2017-10-12
Expected to finish
2018-10-02
Last updated by the study team
2018-11-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 35. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

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Where it is running

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