Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of a Health at Every Size vs a Behavioral Weight Loss Approach for Obese Women
Lead Sponsor:
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
The Edna G. Kynett Memorial Foundation
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
30-45 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
For over four decades the medical literature has observed a relationship between obesity and poorer health outcomes. The causal mechanisms of these poorer outcomes however are unclear. One assumption ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women ages 30 to 45 years old (at intervention onset);
- BMI between 30 and 45
- Physically inactive
- Practicing birth control if heterosexually active and pre-menopausal.
- English speaking
Exclusion
- Current smoker
- Use of medications known to affect weight/energy expenditure;
- Pregnant, intending to get pregnant over next two years, or lactating;
- Recent myocardial infarction (within 6 months);
- Congestive heart failure
- Active neoplasms
- Type 1 and insulin-dependent Type 2 diabetes
- Cerebrovascular disease
- Renal disease
- Cirrhosis
- Bulimia nervosa
- Alcohol and/or Substance Abuse
- Major psychiatric disturbance (suicidality, psychosis, anti-social personality disorder, current manic episode)
- Prior bariatric surgery
- Plans to have bariatric surgery over next 2.5 years
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 25 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 25 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
80 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00769717
Start Date
September 25 2008
End Date
February 25 2011
Last Update
December 3 2019
Active Locations (1)
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The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
West Reading, Pennsylvania, United States, 19611