Online visit and online counseling via telemedicine technology is a new service for obese people who wish to lose weight but because of their active lifestyle and time limitation cannot come to clinic. The purpose of this study was to examine the efficacy this technology-based intervention on weight loss in obese and overweight female adults.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
120
subjects has online visit with dietitian every 2 weeks+diet
Clinic visit group ,subjects has every 2 weeks in person visit at clinic+diet
self-directed group receives nutritional information via web and their energy needs for weight loss
NovinDiet Clinic
Tehran, Iran
NovinDiet Clinic
Tehrān, Iran
weight
kg
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Waist circumference
cm
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Fasting blood glucose
mmol/l
Time frame: 24 Weeks
Fasting insulin level
mU/l
Time frame: 24 Weeks
HbA1c
score
Time frame: 24 Weeks
HOMA-IR
Percentage (%)
Time frame: 24 Weeks
lipid profiles
mmol/l
Time frame: 24 Weeks
liver function tests
U/l
Time frame: 24 Weeks
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