Clinical trials: Prevention of Weight Gain
Healthy Volunteers
Weight Gain Prevention in Adolescents and Young Adults
The investigators believe they key to effective prevention of obesity is early identification of individuals at high risk of excess weight gain and proactive implementation of a comprehensive approach including lifestyle-based…
- Trial name
- NCT06905626
- Testing
- Qsymia 7.5 miligrams (mg)-46 mg Extended Release Capsule
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity
Prevention of Postpartum Weight Retention in Low Income WIC Women
This study will examine the effects of an online behavioral intervention to promote weight loss in low income postpartum women in the WIC program.
- Trial name
- NCT01408147
- Testing
- Online postpartum weight control
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 371 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Weight Gain, Obesity
Prevention of Weight Gain in Young Adults
The purpose of the present study is to determine whether weight gain may be prevented by a small group seminar-based two-year educational intervention on healthy lifestyle in freshmen at the Faculté de médecine de l'Université de…
- Conditions
- Weight Gain, Obesity, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT00306449
- Testing
- Small group seminar-based educational intervention
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Université de Sherbrooke
Obesity, Growth
Prevention of Overweight in Infancy
Obesity is one of the biggest threats to health in the 21st century. Rapid weight gain in the first year of life tends to lead to overweight in children, which in turn leads to overweight in adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Growth, Sleep
- Trial name
- POInz (NCT00892983)
- Testing
- FAB, Sleep
- Where
- New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Otago
Overweight, Obesity
The Healthy Start Project: Primary Prevention of Overweight in Preschool Children Susceptible to Future Overweight
Obesity prevention should remain a priority, although there is some evidence of a possible leveling off in some age groups across European countries and in USA, Japan and Australia.
- Trial name
- NCT01583335
- Testing
- Lifestyle habits, including sleep and stress
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Overweight Adolescents, Overweight
Pilot Program for Targeted Prevention of Child or Adolescent Weight Gain
This study will examine whether family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) is an effective tool for helping pre-adolescent girls and boys at risk for become obese to reduce weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT00263536
- Testing
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Obesity, Weight Gain
Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Obesity is a major US public health problem. Few obesity prevention programs have reduced risk for weight gain over follow-up and those that have are very intensive, making dissemination difficult and costly.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Eating Disorders
- Trial name
- Project Health (NCT01680224)
- Testing
- Healthy Weight, Project Health
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Prevention, Weight Gain
Prevention of Weight Gain in University Students
This study assess whether a small-group seminar intervention to prevent weight gain is effective in a general university student population, and to address the relative role of biological vs.
- Trial name
- PGP2 (NCT00995462)
- Testing
- Lifestyle intervention seminars
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 319 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Marie-France Hivert
Pregnant Women
Optimizing Gestational Weight Gain for Prevention of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Malaysia
Gestational weight gain (GWG) has been closely related to health outcomes, particularly in gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Pregnant women may be particularly motivated to make healthy lifestyle changes.
- Trial name
- NCT05489536
- Testing
- A web/smartphone-based lifestyle program package
- Where
- 9 sites in Malaysia
- Volunteers
- 20,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiti Putra Malaysia
Pregnancy, Excessive Weight Gain
Effect of Regular Exercise in Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Background: Use of variable definitions of exercise and disparate results, emphasize the need of proper randomized controlled trials examining the relationship between physical activity and weight development during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- NCT00617149
- Testing
- Supervised exercise for the prevention high weight gain
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 105 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norwegian School of Sport Sciences
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
Weight Gain, Obesity
The SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in Life (SLIMTIME) Project
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. Because the current evidence base regarding potentially effective early intervention components to prevent…
- Trial name
- NCT00359242
- Testing
- Infant Sleeping and Soothing, Repeated Food Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity
The wEight Management in Renal Transplant Online Study (ExeRTiOn)
The primary aim of this project is to create an online weight management tool (Physical activity, weight management and cognitive behavioral therapy) to prevent significant weight gain following kidney transplantation.
- Conditions
- Kidney Transplant; Complications, Obesity, Physical Activity, Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ExeRTiOn (NCT03699059)
- Testing
- ExeRTiOn
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- King's College Hospital NHS Trust
Obesity Complicating Childbirth
Pregnancy Weight Tracking Pilot Project
This pilot study will examine perceptions about daily weighing for pregnant women with overweight or obesity by testing the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of daily weighing for reducing excess gestational…
- Trial name
- PTRK (NCT03652766)
- Testing
- Daily Weight Tracking
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 10 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy, High Risk
Active Pregnancy Against COVID-19
Historically and traditionally, the recommendations related to physical exercise during pregnancy have been based more on moral or cultural issues than on scientific evidence.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy Complications, Pregnancy, High Risk, Pregnancy Induced Hypertension, Newborn Morbidity
- Trial name
- ACPREGCOV (NCT04563065)
- Testing
- Exercise program, Healthy lifestyle advise
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Politecnica de Madrid
Obesity, Weight Gain
Role of Dairy Products in Weight Maintenance
The goal of the current study is to determine the role of dairy in similarly preventing weight and fat re-gain in obese adults who have successfully completed a weight loss diet program.240 obese subjects will undergo a…
- Trial name
- NCT00686426
- Testing
- Dairy Foods
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 338 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee