Disseminating Effective Habits for Long-Term Weight Loss
Overweight, Obesity
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Overweight focused on measuring weight loss, obesity, overweight
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 21-65
- BMI 27-40 kg/m2
- Fluently speaks and reads English
- Access to the Internet at home or at work
- Valid email address
- Access to a scale for weekly weigh-ins
- Agree not to seek additional weight loss treatment
- Agree to come back regardless of amount of weight lost
- Participant in NCT00377208
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current, planned, or previous pregnancy within 12 months
- Planned or past weight loss surgery
- Recent weight loss of >= 15 lbs in the past 6 months
History of:
- Myocardial infarction
- Stroke
- Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes
- Unstable angina
- Congestive heart failure
- Inability to exercise due to severe arthritis or other musculoskeletal problems
- Cancer (except non-melanoma skin cancer)
- Evidence of severe cognitive impairment or major psychiatric illness
- Plans to move in the next 6 months
- Answering yes to any question on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q)
Sites / Locations
- Penn State College of Medicine General Clinical Research Center
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
No Intervention
1
2
Participants in the intervention condition are encouraged to access the Achieve Together website at least once each week. During each login, the following activities will occur: Users will enter their weight and height, how well their plan for a healthy weight has been going, and clarify their goal weight. Users will answer questions about each habit they are using to lose weight Users will receive automated feedback about each habit and will be encouraged to change or delete habits that are being used but not helpful, more consistently use habits that are helpful but not used being used and to continue to use habits that are helpful and being used consistently. Users are encouraged to search for habits that have helped people of similar age and gender to themselves.
Participants in the control condition will have to wait 12 weeks before accessing the Achieve Together website. These participants will be a given a log where they can document weekly weight measurements (this part did not happen).