Prevention of Weight Gain in University Students

Weight Gain Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Prevention of Weight Gain in University Students

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00995462
• Other study ID #: 05-025
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: October 14, 2009
• Last updated: December 10, 2013
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: December 2011

Study information

• Verified date: December 2013
• Source: Université de Sherbrooke
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Health Canada
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study assess whether a small-group seminar intervention to prevent weight gain is effective in a general university student population, and to address the relative role of biological vs. lifestyle factors in predicting weight gain in humans.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 319
• Est. completion date: December 2011
• Est. primary completion date: October 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• First year students at the Université de Sherbrooke.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of diseases or medications that would be expected to affect weight (cystic fibrosis, diabetes, inflammatory bowel diseases, anorexia nervosa, bulimia, etc.).

• Pregnancy or planning a pregnancy in the next two years.

• Unable to give an informed consent.

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Prevention
• Weight Gain

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Lifestyle intervention seminars
The first sessions emphasize acquisition of new knowledge during interactive group seminars designed to maximize attendant's participation by adapting wellknown quiz-show or parlour games to deliver key concepts. A number of sessions are aimed at increasing self-efficacy through problem-solving, time-management strategies, individual self monitoring and goal-setting.During the second year, the intervention focuses on maintenance of healthy behaviour with empowerment of the participants using problem-solving, goal-setting, planning, and self-monitoring skills.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Université de Sherbrooke	Sherbrooke	Quebec

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Marie-France Hivert	Canadian Diabetes Association, Danone Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Weight change		2 years	No