Four Year Weight Change of Cornell Students

• Sponsor: Cornell University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02300493
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 200
• Location: 1
• Arms: 2
• Duration (Months): 41
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 4.9

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Examining the effect of daily self-weighing on the ability of student to prevent from gaining weight during their four years at Cornell.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Weight Gain	Behavioral: Experimental	N/A

Detailed Description

A group of freshman volunteers were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups were given an internet based scale (Withings). The experimental group was asked to weigh themselves daily. The controls were asked to weigh themselves three times within one week every six months in response to being contacted by our researchers.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 200 participants
• Allocation: Randomized
• Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Study Start Date: Jan 1, 2013
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jun 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Experimental weigh themselves daily	Behavioral: Experimental; Asked to weigh themselves
Active Comparator: Control Weigh themselves every six months	Behavioral: Experimental; Asked to weigh themselves

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Body Weight [3 1/2 year]

   weight gain

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years to 25 Years
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Dorms or student houseing	Ithaca	New York	United States	14853

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Cornell University

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Cornell University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02300493
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1108002406
• First Posted: Nov 25, 2014
• Last Update Posted: Mar 22, 2022
• Last Verified: Mar 1, 2022

• Keywords provided by Cornell University: among college students
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Weight Gain

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 22, 2022