STOPRegain: Weight Maintenance Study for 2007 Shape UP RI Participants
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This study will focus on maintenance of weight loss achieved in the 2007 Shape-Up Rhode Island(SURI)program. We plan to recruit 180 individuals who participated in SURI and lost at least 10 pounds to take part in a 4-month weight loss maintenance program when the SURI ends. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: Education, Increased Exercise, or Daily Self-Weighing.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Are 18 years or older
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Lost 10 or more pounds during the 2007 Shape Up RI program
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Want to learn skills to maintain your weight loss
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Can come to the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center located at 196 Richmond Street in the "The Jewelry District" of Providence for a baseline assessment visit in mid-May/mid-June and final assessment visit in mid-October.
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Agree to be randomly assigned (which means you cannot choose) to one of the three weight loss maintenance interventions: General Education, Increased Physical Activity, or Self-Regulation
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Available to take part in six 30-minute conference calls on either a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday starting at noon or 12:30pm. You will be given a toll-free call-in number so you can call from any location. The calls would be weekly for 4 weeks starting in June, and then there would be one call in mid-August and one in mid-September.
Exclusion Criteria:
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Not 18 or more years old.
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Did not participate in the 2007 Shape UP RI program
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Participated in 2007 Shape Up RI but lost less than 10 pounds in the program.
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Currently or plan to become pregnant in the next 4 months.
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Currently participating in another weight loss or exercise study.
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Not available to take part in six 30-minute conference calls on either a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday starting at noon or 12:30pm. The calls would be weekly for 4 weeks starting in June, and then there would be one call in mid-August and one in mid-September.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center/The Miriam Hospital | Providence | Rhode Island | United States | 02903 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- The Miriam Hospital
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Rena R Wing, Ph.D, Lifespan/ The Miriam Hospital
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 2097-07