NCT01606917

Interventions for Lifestyle Changes to Promote Weight Reduction, a Randomized Controlled Trial in Primary Health Care

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 133 (actual)
• Sponsor: Örebro County Council · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 70 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a weight reduction program in adults, seen in a primary care setting, with overweight/obesity perceived as a health problem or with diseases related to overweight/obesity and ambitions to achieve weight reduction as part of treatment.

Detailed description

Patients seeking advice for overweight/obesity or illness related to overweight/obesity at eight primary health care centers in Sweden were randomized either to intervention or control care groups with both dietary advice and individualized advice on increased regular physical activity. Main outcome measures were reduction in body weight of 5 percent or more from study start.

Conditions

• Overweight/Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Intensive lifestyle counseling	Both dietary advice and individualized advice on increased regular physical activity

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-10-01
• First posted: 2012-05-28
• Last updated: 2012-05-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden