Weight Management Intervention in College: A Pilot

Part of paid clinical trials in Providence, Rhode Island.

Sponsor
The Miriam Hospital
Study ID
NCT06994923
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Obesity and Overweight

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 29 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • BWLI-College — BEHAVIORAL
    Behavioral modifications are based on empirically-supported principles for weight loss. Diet recommendations follow a small change approach in which participants will make a series of small, self-selected dietary changes each day (\~100-200 calories) that they build on over the course of the intervention. Physical activity recommendations are to achieve 150-250 weekly minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity with specific goals and rate of progression that are individualized to each participant.
  • Control — BEHAVIORAL
    Psychoeducation around dieting myths, healthy eating, and physical activity

Study Details

This pilot randomized controlled trial will examine a behavioral weight loss intervention that uses a "small change" approach fro emerging adult college students with overweight/obesity. The primary aim is to assess student acceptability and clinically-meaningful weight changes.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 20, 2025
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Mar 1, 2027
Completion
Apr 1, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: BWLI-College
    BWLI-College is a multicomponent behavioral weight loss intervention to reduce weight through diet, physical activity, and behavioral modifications designed to be responsive to emerging adult preferences. It will be delivered in a hybrid format with in-person and remotely-delivered synchronous sessions. As presently designed, the intervention will last 10 weeks.
  • Active Comparator: Control
    The Control intervention consists of 1 in-person psychoeducational group session on general weight loss information and myths. Public web-resources about healthy eating and physical activity will be provided. Newsletters with similar content will be sent to promote retention.

Primary Outcome Measure

Acceptability [ Time Frame: 10 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
The Miriam HospitalProvidenceRhode Island02903
Jacqueline F Hayes, PhD
[email protected]
401-793-8917
[email protected]
Jacqueline F Hayes, PhD (PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR)

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