This study will evaluate whether the short-term use of activity tracking devices improves short-term weight loss in adolescents. The investigators will evaluate whether weight loss translates into a change in obesity-related biomarkers associated with adolescent obesity. In addition, the investigators will report outcomes after the implementation of activity tracking devices in conjunction with an intense adolescent weight loss program.
This study will evaluate the short-term use of activity tracking devices and their effects on short- and long-term weight loss in adolescents. The investigators plan to establish whether weight loss translates into a change in obesity-related biomarkers associated with adolescent obesity. Each participant with an activity tracking device will have the goal of reaching 10,000 steps per day, in addition to their individual fitness plan.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
48
Fitbit Alta
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas, United States
Feasibility of the pilot trial will be measured by an attrition rate of ≤50%.
We set a study attrition rate of participants at ≤50% as the feasibility measure for the study.
Time frame: 18 weeks
Body mass index (BMI) (kg/m2)
Absolute change in BMI
Time frame: Change from 0 to 18 weeks
Weight (kg)
Weight change
Time frame: Change from 0 to 18 weeks
Change in obesity related biomarkers
AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; GGT: gamma glutamyl transferase; CRP: C reactive protein
Time frame: Change from 0 to 18 weeks
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