Active clinical trials for "Obesity"

CHAT is an internet-based weight loss research program designed for women with overweight or obesity who want to lose weight through dietary change and increased physical activity. Participants will be randomized into a group-based online program who meet via a text chat or a video chat.

A feasibility study randomizing participants (parents of children age 2-5 years old) to receive either education or a parent mentor with the aim of improving health behaviors and improving their body mass index z-score.

Male and female DoD beneficiaries ages 18 years or older, who are referred for a standard of care weight loss intervention for treatment of obesity will be recruited. Subjects will be randomized into one of two groups receiving either a standard of care weight loss intervention plus auricular acupuncture at Shen Men, Point Zero, and Appetite Control Point/Hunger Point or receiving a standard of care weight loss intervention plus sham auricular acupuncture. Subjects will receive treatment in accordance with their randomization group for 12 weeks then have one additional follow up visit at week 24. The following measures will be obtained: height, weight, waist circumference, and Body Mass Index will be calculated.

The hypothesis of this study is obese patient with Euiiyin-tang for 12 weeks will show a superior reduction compared to those taking the placebo.

Describing a pharmacokinetic model of 48-h sevoflurane sedation in obese ICU patients

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a new weight loss treatment which incorporates behavioral weight loss skills and skills for learning how to identify, manage, and cope with emotions helps with weight loss and emotional eating in people who are overweight and eat in response to emotions.

The Fit Study is a three-year, cluster-randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the impact of school-based body mass index (BMI) screening and reporting on child health. Seventy-nine California schools will be randomized to one of three groups: 1) BMI screening and reporting, 2) BMI screening, and 3) no BMI screening or reporting (control). Investigators will assess the impact of BMI reporting on students' BMI trajectories over three years. Investigators will also assess the impact of BMI screening on weight-based teasing, feelings of stigmatization, and weight-control behaviors among students.

Preoperative exercise has been shown to improve physiological and functional capacity in patients undergoing abdominal surgery to prepare them for the stress of surgery. Patients undergoing bariatric surgery are advised to partake in regular preoperative exercise. In the setting of bariatric surgery, as well as preparing patients for the stress of surgery, it is also thought to increase the likelihood that they will exercise postoperatively. However, compliance to this advice is extremely low. Text-message interventions have been shown to improve compliance to other lifestyle interventions. The investigators will compare the rate of compliance to preoperative exercise prior to bariatric surgery in patients who receive a daily text message to those who do not. The investigators will also compare weight loss.

The child health and sports center, at the Meir Medical Center, runs for over 10 years an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment. A similar program exists in the nearby city of Hadera. The aim of the programs is to promote weight loss, encourage physical activity and modify behavior in order to get long term results. The aim of the present study is to try and identify the demographic and behavioral characteristics of children who succeed in the program.

The Netherlands Epidemiology of Obesity (NEO) study is a population-based cohort study in 6671 men and women aged 45 to 65 years, with an oversampling of individuals with a BMI of 27 kg/m2 or higher. The NEO study is designed to investigate pathways that lead to common diseases and conditions. Men and women aged between 45 and 65 years with a self-reported BMI of 27 kg/m2 or higher living in the greater area of Leiden, the Netherlands, were eligible to participate in the NEO study. Participants were recruited via three recruitment strategies. First, participants were recruited by general practitioners in the area of Leiden, in the West of The Netherlands. Second, participants were recruited through advertisements in local newspapers and through posters distributed in public areas of Leiden and surroundings. Third, participants were recruited via the registries of three municipalities surrounding Leiden (Katwijk, Leiderdorp and Teylingen). Inhabitants of Katwijk and Teylingen aged between 45 and 65 years were invited to participate if they had a self-reported BMI of 27 kg/m2 or higher. All inhabitants aged between 45 and 65 years of Leiderdorp were invited to participate irrespective of their BMI, allowing for a reference distribution of BMI. Participants were invited to a baseline visit at NEO study centre of the LUMC after an overnight fast. Prior to this study visit, participants collected their urine over 24 h and completed a general questionnaire at home to report demographic, lifestyle and clinical information. The participants were asked to bring all medication they were using to the study visit. At the baseline visit an extensive physical examination was performed, including measurements of anthropometry, blood pressure, both fasting and postprandial blood sampling (30 minutes and 2.5 hours after a liquid mixed meal), ECG, carotid artery IMT, and pulmonary function tests. In random subsets of participants MRI of abdominal fat, brain, knee, heart function, and pulse wave velocity of the aorta was performed, as well as indirect calorimetry, accelerometry combined with continuous heart rate, and total sleep time with actigraphy. Participants are followed via their general practitioners and hospital registries for the incidence of common diseases and mortality.