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Filter by:Obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States with nearly 64% of American adults considered overweight or obese. Weight loss programs that take place at work have proven to be effective at promoting healthy lifestyles. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a Web-based weight loss program versus a cash incentive weight loss program among employees at North Carolina universities and colleges.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether CP-866,087 is effective in the weight loss of overweight patients.
The purpose of this study is to determine if weight loss prior to radical prostatectomy effects chemical substances in the blood stream and prostate tissue that may affect prostate cancer development and progression.
The purpose of this study is to learn how the amount of protein during moderate weight loss influences bone health. We will also examine how two levels of protein intake affects diet quality.
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of weight loss on bone health in men.
The purpose of this study is to learn how the amount of vitamin D supplementation influences intestinal fractional calcium absorption (a measure of the amount of calcium absorbed).
This study will focus on maintenance of weight loss achieved in the 2007 Shape-Up Rhode Island(SURI)program. We plan to recruit 180 individuals who participated in SURI and lost at least 10 pounds to take part in a 4-month weight loss maintenance program when the SURI ends. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of three groups: Education, Increased Exercise, or Daily Self-Weighing.
After a three month weight loss phase involving the use of meal replacements, participants are randomized into different weight loss maintenance conditions. Aim 1: To test the hypothesis that the meal replacement (MR) and reduced energy density eating (REDE) interventions, when added separately to the LEARN program, will produce superior weight loss maintenance compared to a LEARN-only intervention. Aim 2: To test the hypothesis that the weight loss maintenance condition that combines MRs and REDE will produce better maintenance of weight losses than either individual component and than the LEARN-only condition. Aim 3: To test the hypothesis that the two conditions receiving the REDE intervention will experience longer-lasting improvements in the energy density and nutritional composition of the diet compared to the two non-REDE conditions.
The purpose of this study is to determine if intake of whole grain foods as part of a hypocaloric diet enhances weight loss and improves cardiovascular disease risk factors in men and women with metabolic syndrome.
This 12-month randomized controlled trial, sponsored by NIH/NCI, aims to reduce BMI in obese adolescents (ages 11 -13) by intervening on physical activity and nutrition behaviors within primary care settings. PACE-PC is a theory-based stepped care program that enables pediatricians and primary care providers to intervene with obese adolescents to improve their anthropometric, metabolic, physiological, behavioral, and quality of life outcomes over a one-year period. The program integrates clinician counseling, health educator counseling, and phone and mail contact. It supports tailoring to the needs of obese adolescents and family members and promotes improved diet and physical activity behaviors, weight loss, and ultimately weight loss maintenance. Participants will be randomly assigned to the Enhanced Usual Care or the PACE-PC stepped care condition. The Enhanced Standard Care condition includes an initial visit and counseling by a physician, 3 visits with a health educator, and materials on how to improve weight related behaviors. The PACE-PC Stepped Care condition includes 3 steps (each lasting 4 months), with the first step being the most intensive: Step 1 includes: a physician visit, monthly health educator visits, biweekly phone counseling, and weekly dissemination of nutrition and physical activity information Step 2 includes: a health educator visits every other month, biweekly phone counseling, and weekly dissemination of nutrition and physical activity information Step 3 includes: monthly phone counseling and weekly dissemination of nutrition and physical activity information Participants randomized to the PACE-PC condition will be enrolled in Step 1 (the most intensive) for the first 4 months. Depending upon response at the end of Step 1, for the next 4 months adolescents will be triaged to Step 2 (less intensive) or will repeat Step 1. At 8 months, again based upon treatment response, triage will occur to either Step 3 (least intensive) or repetition of the previous step.