Active clinical trials for "Overweight"

This research is collecting data to determine the benefits of a web-based wellness program designed to improve the health and well-being of individuals in the workplace. Participants will be invited to participate in a web-based Healthy Weight Program. The program is designed to optimize health and wellbeing by promoting physical activity and healthy eating.

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.

This study will asses the decrease in body weight after repeated administration of Gelesis100 in overweight and obese subjects with and without Type 2 Diabetes.

The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial to compare the weight losses produced by the Weight Watchers Online program (WWO) and WWO plus the Philips ActiveLink physical activity system, over a 1-year period, compared to a control group.

The goal of this study is to test whether the mobile application (app.) helps adolescents make healthy food choices, decreasing calories purchased from restaurants, fewer number of visits to restaurants, and if it has an impact on their body mass index (BMI). Eligible adolescents will be enrolled in the study along with a parent for approximately 6 months.

The aim of the present study is to test whether late eating dinner could affect the amount of weight loss in healthy obese women in a weight-loss program.

The purpose of this pilot, feasibility study is to investigate the acceptability of an acceptance-based therapy healthy lifestyle intervention in adolescent girls with overweight/obesity.

Physical activity is one of the key strategies used by public health agencies to combat the growing burden of obesity and non-communicable diseases. Adults around the world are recommended to engage in at least 150 minutes of moderate or 75 minutes of vigorous intensity activity per week, or a combination of moderate or vigorous activity that results in approximately the same total energy expenditure. However, majority of the population does not meet the physical activity recommendation. As barriers to physical activity, people mostly cite lack of time, self-motivation and confidence in the ability to be physically active. Cardiac Exercise Research Group (CERG) at Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Norwegian University of Science and Technology recently developed Personal Activity Intelligence (PAI). PAI is a result of research based on the HUNT study where more than 60 000 individuals has been monitored over a period of more than 20 years. The goal is to make PAI the new world standard of activity tracking. PAI is an individual metric that makes sense of measured heart rate data, and significantly reduces the risk of lifestyle related diseases. The purpose of the study is to obtain new knowledge about how the use of PAI is related to body weight.

Introduction Overweight and obesity are characterised by excess fat, which results in weight gain and is identified by the Body Mass Index (BMI). Studies show that overweight and obesity are the result of a complex interaction between genetic and environmental factors, which begins prenatally. Various studies have shown that physical exercise is an important component of weight loss programmes and that it also benefits the metabolic profile. Other authors have reported that greater weight loss is achieved by a programme that includes both diet and exercise, rather than either of these alone. Aim The aim of this study is to analyse an intervention based on play as a means of improving the body composition of children with overweight or obesity. Design / Method The design of the Kids-Play study is based on cases and controls. The study was conducted in Granada (Spain) The analysis sample of 98 children was divided into two groups: cases, consisting of 49 children, who participated in an intervention programme based on physical activity, play and nutritional advice (to both the child and the parents); and controls, another 49 children, who received only nutritional advice.

The purpose of this study is to compare a 12-month adjustable balloon over a 6-month non-adjustable balloon with 6-month dietician follow-up. The endpoint is %TBL at 12 months.