The study will evaluate whether a technology-based lifestyle intervention program using primarily a smartphone platform is an acceptable and effective way for treating obesity. The goal of the program is to achieve weight loss and enhance the health of overweight or obese subjects by improving their diet and activity via smartphone applications as compared with conventional in-person weight management programs.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
29
Temple University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Change in body weight in kg
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline blood pressure
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline waist circumference
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline insulin resistance by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR)
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline hemoglobin A1c
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline plasma triglycerides
Time frame: 6 months
Change from baseline body weight in kg
Time frame: 3 months
Change from baseline body weight in kg
Time frame: 12 months
Change from baseline blood pressure
Time frame: 12 months
Change from baseline waist circumference
Time frame: 12 months
Change in Quality of Life
SF36 Questionnaire in wait-listed control group after the intervention
Time frame: 6 months after receiving the intervention
Change in insulin resistance by homeostasis model assessment (HOMA-IR)
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Wait-listed control group
Time frame: 12 months compared to baseline and 6 months after receiving the intervention
Change in hemoglobin A1c
Wait-listed control group
Time frame: 12 months compared to baseline and 6 months after receiving the intervention and from baseline
Change in plasma triglycerides
Wait-listed control group
Time frame: 12 months compared to baseline and 6 months after receiving the intervention