Active clinical trials for "Body Weight"

The patients are randomized into 4 groups : Patients undergoing PENS of dermatome T6 in and a 1200 Kcal diet (Group 1), Patients undergoing PENS T6 and a 2000 Kcal/day, Patients undergoing transcutaneous electrical neurostimulation (TENS) of Dermatomes T11-T12 and following a 1200 Kcal diet and those patients following only a 1200 Kcal diet (Group 4). Weight loss, appetite and ghrelin levels at baseline and after treatment are investigated.

This study will test the effectiveness of a mobile application that uses an Application Program Interface (API) to distribute evidence-based weight loss interventions. Half of the participants will receive this API-based application, and the other half of the participants will use a non API-based application.

In a pilot randomized trial of 160 obese participants, investigators will test the feasibility of a behavioral weight loss program delivered entirely via Facebook. We will recruit in 2 separate waves of 80 participants each. Participants will be randomized to: 1) a condition with study participants only or 2) to a condition they will be able to invite their friends into (wave 1) or one in which the study team keeps recruitment open to allow enrollment through week 8 (wave 2). All participants will receive behavioral counseling via the private Facebook group from the coaches who are present on the network daily. Participants will track their diet and exercise via a free commercial mobile app.

Patients who will be induction of anesthesia with propofol will have a body analysis with Tanita before the operation. Patients' height, weight, age, gender and other general information will be recorded. Total body weight (TBW), ideal body weight (IBW) and lean body weight (LBW) of the patients will be calculated. Patients over the age of 18 who will be operated under general anesthesia for 2-6 hours will be included. Patients with propofol allergy or contraindicated to propofol are included in the study. In order to decide and try the most appropriate weight-based scalar for propofol dosing for anesthesia induction to be evaluated by specifying patients who need additional propofol during intubation in the study, Ingrande et al. 80 patients with a mean body mass index [BMI] between 18-35 and Bispectoral index (BIS). ) monitorization, propofol infusion (100 mg/kg/hour) will be started according to total body weight, and the infusion will be stopped with a BIS value between 50 and 40, and the elapsed time will be recorded. Routine anesthesia applications will be performed with neuromuscular blocker applied. The total dose of Propofol given; the dose applied to kilograms will be calculated according to TBW, IBW and LBW. And the relationship between the given doses and the body mass index will be evaluated.

This study will compare if using a continuous milk warmer to warm breast milk compared to the standard method of warming breast milk in a hot water bath improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in infants born at 32 weeks gestation or less over a ten-day period. The standard method does not keep the breast milk at a consistent temperature during the feeding. A continuous milk warmer maintains the breast milk at body temperature throughout the feeding. It is unknown which method improves weight gain and feeding tolerance in very low birth weight infants.

The purpose of this research study is to examine how well an existing weight loss treatment works for individuals with food addiction. Treatment will consist of a preliminary 12-week RCT pilot of the feasibility and effectiveness of behavioral weight loss (BWL) compared to a waitlist control.

This study aims to investigate the potential effects of the administration of hydroxytyrosol, which is an extra virgin olive oil phenolic compound, in doses 15 milligrams and 5 milligrams daily versus placebo for 6 months in anthropometric parameters such as body weight, body fat and visceral fat, in combination with diet, in overweight and obese women.

To evaluate the effect of one-on-one coaching in the Noom Healthy Weight Program, a digital behavior change, weight loss intervention, compared to the same program with no coaching, as well as influential factors.

The goal of this study is to modify the evidence-based Body Project intervention to more powerfully target weight and shape concern among women with BMI between 25-40 using exploratory sequential mixed methodology (using both quantitative and focus group data). Initial modifications to the intervention will be made to incorporate content targeting weight stigma and to ensure the materials are developmentally appropriate for adult women. Then a small group (n=5-10) of women with high weight and shape concern will receive the 4 week body project intervention; we will collect pre-post questionnaire data on weight and shape concern, thin ideal and weight stigma, and use ecological momentary assessment to examine in-the-moment thoughts about weight and shape. The body project intervention will then be revised using this information in combination with participant feedback elicited during a focus group session. The next iteration of the intervention will then be tested in another small group of n=5-10; it is estimated that it will take 4-6 iterations to achieve a more robust intervention program that is acceptable to the target sample. Subgroups (race/ethnicity, BMI class) will be evaluated to ensure suitability across groups.

The implications of obesity, especially visceral fat, in health are well known. It would be desirable to control obesity by safe and effective treatment modalities. Aim: To assess the effectiveness of Auricular Acupuncture (AA) on body weight loss in a Portuguese sample.