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Filter by:Background: Obesity increasingly affects young women and contributes to increased maternal, fetal and neonatal complications. Maternal obesity contributes to the subsequent development of childhood obesity not only through social and environmental mechanisms but also through biological processes referring to the original concept of the developmental health and disease. Data suggest that management during pregnancy through nutrition counseling and adequate physical activity will help to break the familial vicious circle of obesity. To help program to be effective it is important to understand the factors that modulate participation. However, few studies have been conducted to assess the determinants that influence participation. Goal: The main objective is to analyze 15 factors that influence participation in a program combining physical activity and nutritional counseling among pregnant women with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. Secondary objectives are : - to identify the data that influence adherence and to show that assiduous women will have a better control of weight gain and a reduction of maternal and fetal complications. - to understand the biological mechanisms involved Strategy and method: A prospective research evaluating the participation in an educational program, including nutritional support and adequate physical activity, will be offered to overweight and obese pregnant women. The program will last 12 weeks, and will include three workshops on diet of the pregnant and lactating women, and the young child. Physical activity sessions will be offered once a week. Fifteen independent variables likely to influence participation will be analyzed. The association between participation and the risk of maternal and fetal pregnancy complications related to obesity will be analysed. Meanwhile, more fundamental research will be considered to determine of the biological factors involved.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of weight loss counselling via a smartphone-app for patients with overweight/obesity in a 1-year long pilot study. The study is organized in the following phases: Recruitment (-14 to -2). Participants will be informed about the study. Participants agreed to enter the study and signed an informed consent. Screening / Baseline measurement (week -2) Inclusion criteria will be checked. Anthropometric measurements: height, weight, waist circumference, body fat, blood pressure measurement, blood sampling for blood glucose; HbA1c, Insulin; Triglyceride, HDL-Cholesterol (assessment Part I). During the visit participants are requested to fill in a paper-pencil questionnaire: socioeconomic background (only at the beginning of the study), dietary and exercise habits, health-related quality of life, self-effectiveness (assessment part II). The participants are introduced to the smartphone assisted coaching. Introductory phase (2 weeks): Participants take pictures of their meals with the app, which they send to the dietitian. After the introductory phase, the patients and the dietitians discuss via app how the patients should change their habits and agree on goals to reduce their weight. Phase 1 (12 weeks): Intensive online counselling with the smartphone app, with the agreed upon goals in mind (5 days per week + one Skype call). Group counselling session with / without a dietitian are held if necessary. Furthermore, the dietitians make available information material for patient specific dietary topics online. Week 12: assessment I+II. Phase 2 (until week 25): The habits that further a weight reduction are being stabilised - the frequency of the online counselling is reduced (3 days per week), group counselling with / without a dietitian are held if necessary. Furthermore, the dietitians hand out information material for patient specific dietary topics. Phase 3 (week 26-52): This phase is relevant for maintaining the patient's wright. Online counselling happens once every 2 weeks. Group counselling with / without a dietitian are held if necessary. Furthermore, the dietitians hand out information material for patient specific dietary topics. At the end end, the dietitians will again collect data (assessment I+II). The online counselling process is evaluated with 3 group discussions. Follow-up (week 104)
The main objective of the clinical trial is to investigate whether overweight type 2 diabetic patients have a different fecal microbiota profile compared with age, gender, BMI matched subjects and with lean healthy subjects before and after the consumption of fiber rich cereal bars.
The purpose of this project is to create a database to collect information about the NEW Keiki Program. The information collected for this project will be used to evaluate the program. The NEW Keiki program promotes healthy lifestyles and behavior changes.
To compare four weeks of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) versus placebo associated with a reduced caloric diet on weight loss, glycemic control and regulators of hunger and satiety in overweight or obese subjects with different degrees of glucose tolerance, submitted to hypocaloric diet.
Assessment of resting energy expenditure (REE) by indirect calorimetry (IC) in 1400 healthy individuals for arithmetical transformation into an bedside tool to estimate energy requirements in dietary practice (BASAROTs). A multinational, multicenter, prospective cross-sectional study.
This randomized controlled trial assesses the efficacy of a 6-week, dissonance-based, weight-gain prevention program (Fit4Duty) designed to reduce unhealthy weight gain among military service members at-risk for obesity. The Fit4Duty program is an adaptation for the military of an existing civilian obesity prevention program, Project Health, which reduced obesity onset by 50% in healthy civilian young adults. Fit4Duty is compared to a nutrition education control condition and is hypothesized to reduce excess weight gain beyond the control comparison program during the 2 year period following study participation.
This is an open-label comparative study in three parallel groups. It is expected that 90 patients and/or healthy volunteers will participate in this biomedical research. Distribution in groups - 30 patients with type 2 diabetes and an indication for treatment with a GLP1 analogue (group 1) - 30 patients with type 2 diabetes (control diabetic subjects) not treated with Incretins (group 2) - 30 healthy subjects (non-diabetics) (group 3) This study will investigate modifications in eating behaviour induced by Liraglutide in patients who start treatment with Victoza® and certain aspects, such as liking (hedonic characteristic of a food), wanting (desire to eat a given food) and salivation in response to the presentation of a food by taking measurements at D0 (before initiation of the treatment with Liraglutide in the group concerned) then at 15 days (except for the controls), 3 months and 9 months (only for controls).
The Growing Resilience research leverages reservation-based assets of land, family, culture, and front-line tribal health organizations to develop and evaluate home food gardens as a family-based health promotion intervention to reduce disparities suffered by Native Americans in nearly every measure of health. Home gardening interventions show great promise for enabling families to improve their health, and this study aims to fulfill that promise with university and Wind River Indian Reservation partners. The investigators will develop an empowering, scalable, and sustainable family-based health promotion intervention with, by, and for Native American families and conduct the first RCT to assess the health impacts of home gardens.
To determine whether reducing loss of control eating (LOC) with Interpersonal Psychotherapy-Weight Gain (IPT-WG) will be effective for adolescent military-dependents who report such behavior. The investigators will examine whether IPT-WG influences body weight gain trajectories and prevents worsening disordered eating, psychosocial problems, and metabolic functioning among military dependents at heightened risk for adult obesity and disordered eating. This study will provide key efficacy data for a new promising obesity prevention program for youth from military families.