Clinical trials: Excessive Weight Gain
Obesity, Pregnancy
CO-OP Trial: Community-based Outreach on Obesity in Pregnancy
Obesity is becoming more common and disproportionately affects the younger generation, the poor and certain ethnic groups. Nearly 50% of reproductive aged women are obese or overweight.
- Trial name
- CO-OP (NCT01841424)
- Testing
- Dietary counseling. Maintain a food diary.
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 46 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Missouri, Kansas City
Weight Gain Trajectory, Metabolic Syndrome
Study of a Prebiotic Supplement to Mitigate Excessive Weight Gain Among Physicians in Residency
A randomized placebo controlled trial to determine if increased dietary fiber will prevent weight gain, inhibit adiposity and reduce perceived stress levels in residents at the Waco Family Health Center as the result of changes…
- Trial name
- NCT04498455
- Testing
- Prebiotin
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor University
Pregnancy Complications, Excessive Gestational Weight Gain
Food Provision in Prenatal Care
The overarching research question is: "Does the provision of healthy food during pregnancy reduce the proportion of women who experience excessive gestational weight gain compared with standard of care (SoC)?" To answer this…
- Trial name
- FPPC (NCT06711627)
- Testing
- Standard of Care (SoC), Food Provision
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Smoking, Excessive Drinking
WHO-HPH Recognition Project on Fast-Track Implementation of Clinical Health Promotion
The project's background is the notion that patient centred clinical health promotion has been shown to significantly improve both outcomes and patient safety.
- Conditions
- Smoking, Excessive Drinking, Lack of Physical Activity, Malnutrition
- Trial name
- RP (NCT01563575)
- Testing
- fast-track implementation process
- Where
- 11 sites in Canada, Croatia and 9 more
- Volunteers
- 48 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Obesity, Childhood
Sugar-sweetened Beverage Intake Substitution by Water to Prevent Overweight in Mexican Children
The prevalence of overweight and obesity in children have increased in recent years and this has been associated with replacing plain water intake by sugar-sweetened beverages.
- Trial name
- NCT03069274
- Testing
- Intervention, General nutritional recommendations
- Volunteers
- 314 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran
Overweight, Children
Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain by Discouraging Students From Drinking Sodas
The purpose of this study was to encourage students to reduce soft drinks intake, substituting it by water, in order to prevent and control overweight prevalence.
- Trial name
- NCT02653352
- Testing
- Lifestyle modification
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Obesity, Overweight
Ethnic Dance and Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina Girls
A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of an after school ethnic dance program plus a culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction intervention to reduce weight gain (body mass index) among lower…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Excessive Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ECHALE (NCT00476775)
- Testing
- after school ethnic dance program - ballet folklorica, culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction, culturally-tailored health and nutrition education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University