Active clinical trials for "Weight Loss"

The purpose of this study is to determine if what you eat affets your insulin sensitivity when you lose a small amount of weight

This a pilot intervention study in which postpartum women will be randomized to receive a 6-month postpartum weight loss intervention or usual care.

Behavioral Weight Loss for Overweight and Obese Cancer Survivors in Maryland: A Demonstration Project

Many patients would benefit from dietary/nutritional support to better manage their conditions but evaluating current intake in relation to personal targets is labour-intensive and often does not feature as part of clinical consultations. Primary objective: test usability and acceptability of 'myfood24 Health' for monitoring dietary intake in a group of patients. Recruit 60 gastroenterology surgery patient (Leeds) and 60 Tier 3 Weight Management patients (30 Leeds/ 30 York). Randomise to 3 groups usual care myfood24Health myfood24Health plus personalised feedback 'diet optimisation engine' which suggests changes to amounts or types of foods During a 2-month follow-up, patients in group 2 or 3 will be asked to record daily diet in myfood24, including weekend and weekdays and use it a minimum of 4 times. HCPs will be able to review diet/nutrients for group 2 and 3 patients and can support dietary change or nutritional goals, as part of patients' ongoing clinical management, during existing scheduled clinic visits (N.B. not all participants will have a scheduled clinic appointment during the study). 2 months after recruitment, all participants will receive a link to an online feedback questionnaire. At end of study, HPCs will be invited to provide feedback during a 30 minute interview.

Many behavioral weight loss interventions have been developed, but still have significant limitations in terms of achieving clinically significant, sustained weight loss. A recent study incorporating Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) in a randomized clinical trial resulted in participants who attained significantly greater 12-month weight loss in the ACT arm than those assigned to standard behavioral treatment, suggesting that ACT may have the potential to improve behavioral weight loss outcomes. The investigators have developed a novel telephone-delivered version of the ACT behavioral weight loss intervention, based on proven success using ACT telephone counseling intervention for smoking cessation.

The primary specific aim of this study was to determine if overweight and obese premenopausal women can lose weight and if long term weight loss impacts biomarkers associated with breast cancer risk.

The purpose of this National Cancer Institute (NCI) funded study is to develop and test the acceptability and usability of a web & text message based weight loss intervention for childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) survivors. Childhood cancer survivors ages 7 - 18 will provide feedback during focus groups on a web and text message based program that was developed.

This pilot study evaluates the use of a mobile application to improve weight loss in obese stroke patients. The investigators hypothesize that acute stroke patients who use the mobile application are more likely to achieve a minimum 5% weight reduction during the critical six months post-stroke, yielding considerable improvement in stroke risk factors.

The study aims to explore the non-pharmacological treatment of IgA nephropathy by weight reduction. The investigators hypothesized that benefits of weight loss may reduce proteinuria.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a nutrition intervention during a rehabilitation stay followed by nutritional advice after discharge, can improve the nutritional status of the patients after 3 months.