NCT03823898

Lifestyle Intervention in Overweight Women

Lifestyle Intervention in Overweight and Obese Premenopausal Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 150 (actual)
• Sponsor: Faculdade de Motricidade Humana · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 24 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The Exercise and Obesity Health Promotion (PESO) program is a randomized controlled trial designed to analyze the effects of a lifestyle intervention in weight management and health-related parameters of overweight and obese premenopausal women

Detailed description

The PESO (Exercise and Obesity Health Promotion Program) is a program of weight control and exercise promotion for overweight and obese premenopausal women, developed by specialists in exercise, nutrition, and psychology, under medical supervision. It is a program that promotes the autonomy of the participants and the permanent modification of their habits and lifestyles, without the use of drugs or any other products, devices, or techniques of "slimming". Participants in the PESO Program were able to enjoy a regular and multifaceted group program, aiming to increase knowledge about permanent body weight control, increased motivation and practice of physical activity and exercise, and improved habits food and nutrition. Increases in functional mobility, metabolic health, quality of life and the physical and mental well-being of the participants are central priorities of this Program. The PESO Program was conducted in a university context and was led by teachers and researchers from the Faculty of Human Motors and other national and foreign institutions. The program is not for commercial purposes, it does not entail financial costs for the participants and it is involved in a wide range of scientific research projects, which have been recognized by individuals and external entities as relevant and of interest to the general population and the community in particular.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Weight Loss
• Lifestyle, Sedentary
• Physical Activity
• Nutritional and Metabolic Disease
• Behavior, Health
• Cardiovascular Risk Factor

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Supervised exercise	Two supervised exercise sessions per week from months 4 to 16
BEHAVIORAL	Lifestyle intervention from baseline to 4 months	Lifestyle intervention from baseline to 4 months
BEHAVIORAL	Monthly behavioral sessions	Monthly behavioral sessions consisted of lifestyle interactive sessions will take place monthly and covered and followed contents that were addressed during the first 4 months of the study

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-01-02
• Primary completion: 2003-07-01
• Completion: 2003-12-01
• First posted: 2019-01-31
• Last updated: 2019-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Portugal