Status:
COMPLETED
Pounds Off Digitally Study: A Podcasting Weight Loss Intervention
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
UNC Lineberger's Cancer Control Education Program
Conditions:
Weight Loss
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Participants in both the existing and enhanced podcast groups will lose weight. The enhanced podcasting group will have a greater increase in weight loss, elaboration, self-efficacy, and perceived con...
Detailed Description
We will conduct a weight loss intervention study among adults. Using the weight loss podcast that receives the highest rating from a previous content analysis, we will conduct an intervention comparin...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- be 18-50 years old be overweight or obese (BMI between 25-35) but not severely or morbidly obese live in the Chapel Hill area be able to attend an introduction meeting and weigh-in before the study and a weigh-in after the study have access to the Internet and a computer with a sound card have a working MP3 player that can connect to a computer have access to a scale be willing to be randomized to any group
Exclusion
- smoker current major health or psychiatric diseases, drug or alcohol dependency, uncontrolled thyroid conditions, eating disorder, or pregnancy participation in a weight loss program or taking weight loss medications
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
June 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
94 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00771095
Start Date
January 1 2008
End Date
June 1 2008
Last Update
October 10 2008
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UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27514