Coached or Non-Coached Weight Loss Intervention

Noom Inc.246 enrolled

Overview

To evaluate the effect of one-on-one coaching in the Noom Healthy Weight Program, a digital behavior change, weight loss intervention, compared to the same program with no coaching, as well as influential factors.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

DOUBLE

Enrollment

246

Conditions

Obesity Behavior, Health Behavior, Eating Weight Loss Overweight and Obesity Self Efficacy

Interventions

Noom Healthy Weight; mobile behavior change program for weight loss with 1:1 coachingBEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of a curriculum, provided through daily articles that users are encouraged to read; logging features for weight, meals, and physical activity; in-app groups; and a virtual coach, who will communicate with participants via in-app messaging. During the first week of the study, participants will be introduced to the program, the Noom app, and their coach. Coaches will use a secure dashboard to monitor patient progress, which is used to increase engagement and motivation. Participants are encouraged to log their weight and physical activity on a weekly basis, and meals daily.

Noom Healthy Weight; mobile behavior change program for weight lossBEHAVIORAL

The intervention consists of a curriculum, provided through daily articles that users are encouraged to read; logging features for weight, meals, and physical activity. During the first week of the study, participants will be introduced to the program, and the Noom app.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 65 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Able to understand and provide informed consent * 18-65 years old * Self-report of good health (physical and mental) * Not diagnosed with diabetes * Overweight or obesity (BMI ≥ 27) * Able to meet our criteria of adherence to the program (at least 1 engagement per week on one of the following: logged exercise, logged meals, steps, weigh-ins, coach messages, read articles, and days with at least one weigh-in.) For females * Not 6 months postpartum * Not planning to become pregnant in the next 5 months. Exclusion Criteria: * Inability or unwillingness of a participant to give written informed consent * Currently pregnant or ≤ 6 months postpartum * Presence of a condition or abnormality that in the opinion of the Investigator would compromise the quality of the data E.g., evidence of an eating disorder, major chronic condition

Locations (1)

Noom, Inc

New York, New York, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Weight

Self reported

Time frame: 4 months

Self reported in app engagement measures

self reported and automatically logged

Time frame: 4 months

Secondary Outcomes

Quality of Life Via SF-12

Self-reported outcome measure assessing the impact of health on an individual's everyday life. It is often used as a quality of life measure

Time frame: 4 months

Eating Behavior via the Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire

The Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire (DEBQ) assesses the structure of an individual's eating behavior. the DEBQ contains separate scales for emotional, external, and restrained eating behavior.

Time frame: 4 months

Resilience via Devereux Adult Resilience Survey

Provides insights into personal strengths

Time frame: 4 months

Self Efficacy via General Self-Efficacy Scale

The scale was created to assess a general sense of perceived self-efficacy with the aim in mind to predict coping with daily hassles as well as adaptation after experiencing all kinds of stressful life events.

Time frame: 4 months

Linguistic Features via Linguistic Inquiry Word Count (LIWC)

LIWC-derived linguistic analysis of emotional tone taken from from expressively written text following a writing task prompt

Time frame: 16 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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