SMART 2.0: Social Mobile Approaches to Reducing weighT in Young Adults (SMART 2)
Overweight and Obesity
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Overweight and Obesity focused on measuring young adult, overweight, obesity, college, university, technology, social media, text message, health coach, intervention, weight loss, wellness, physical activity, diet, sleep, resilience, wearable, mobile application, behavior mechanism, behavior
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 18 to 35 years
- Intending to be available for a 24 month intervention
- Affiliated with either University of California, San Diego (UCSD), San Diego State University (SDSU), or California State University, San Marcos (CSUSM) as a student, faculty, or staff
- Willing and able to use social media
- Willing and able to use a smartphone and text messaging
- Willing and able to use the wearable, scale, and corresponding app
- Willing and able to attend measurement visits over the 2 year intervention
- Willing and able to engage in moderate to vigorous physical activity
- Overweight or obese, but not severely obese (25 >= BMI < 40 kg/m2)
Exclusion Criteria:
- Any comorbidities of obesity that require a clinical referral including eating disorders, pseudotumor cerebri, sleep apnea or hypoventilation syndrome, orthopedic problems, and meeting American Diabetes Association criteria for diabetes
- Psychiatric or medical conditions that prohibit compliance with the study protocol
- Had a cardiovascular event (heart attack, stroke, episode of heart failure, or revascularization procedure) within the last 6 months
- Currently being treated for a malignancy (other than non-melanoma skin cancer)
- Currently being treated and/or have an eating disorder
- Planning to have a weight loss surgery in the next 24 months (e.g., liposuction, lap band, gastric bypass)
- Pregnant, gave birth within the last 6 months, currently lactating or breastfeeding within the last 3 months, or actively planning pregnancy within the next 24 months
- Prescribed physical activity and/or dietary changes
- Prescribed medications that alter weight
- Enrolled in or planning to enroll in a weight loss program during the study period
- Lost more than 15 pounds within the past 3 months
Sites / Locations
- University of California, San Diego
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Experimental
Experimental
No Intervention
Treatment One
Treatment Two
Control
Participants assigned to the SMART 2.0 with technology and personal health coaching treatment group (i.e., treatment one) will receive the following: 1) consumer-level wearable and scale with a corresponding app, 2) daily text messages related to physical activity, diet, sleep and weight loss/maintenance, 3) access to SMART 2.0 social media pages and content through an online group with 6 to 12 participants total, and 4) technology-mediated, real-time individual health coaching. Participants will receive 1 to 2 text messages on a daily basis; be asked to use their wearable on a daily basis and self-weigh using the scale at least once per week; be asked to interact with their online group via social media as frequently as possible; and speak with their health coach at a predetermined session schedule.
Participants assigned to the SMART 2.0 technology alone treatment group (i.e., treatment two) will receive the following: 1) consumer-level wearable and scale with a corresponding app, 2) daily text messages related to physical activity, diet, sleep and weight loss/maintenance, and 3) access to SMART 2.0 social media pages and content through an online group with 6 to 12 participants total. Participants will receive 1 to 2 text messages on a daily basis; be asked to use their wearable on a daily basis and self-weigh using the scale at least once per week; and be asked to interact with their online group via social media as frequently as possible.
Participants assigned to the control group will receive a consumer-level wearable and scale with a corresponding app to use at their discretion.