Clinical trials: Weight Gain Prevention
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
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, Prevention of Weight Gain
Evaluating a Small Change Approach to Preventing Long Term Weight Gain in Overweight and Obese Adults
Obesity is a major risk factor for disease and a public health problem. Recent information suggests that while it is possible for most overweight adults to lose a substantial amount of weight, maintaining the weight loss for any…
- Trial name
- NCT02027077
- Testing
- Control group, Lifestyle counselling
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 344 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen's University
Obesity, Binge Eating Disorder
Binge Eating Self-help Treatment for University Students
BEST4US compares the effectiveness of two forms of self-help interventions that target college students, ages 18 years to 22 years, who report binge eating.
- Trial name
- BEST4US (NCT01888406)
- Testing
- Guided Self-Help, Pure Self-Help
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 130 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Francine Rosselli
Obesity
Partners in Health: A Couples-based Approach to Obesity Prevention
The purpose of this pilot study is to test the feasibility of an innovative, couples based approach to weight management during pregnancy.
- Trial name
- PIH (NCT02205281)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
Obesity, Pregnancy
Starting Pediatric Obesity Prevention in Pregnancy
The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can use social networks to spread health information and health behaviors during pregnancy to prevent excessive gestational weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT01279109
- Testing
- Social network building intervention, Home visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Prevention of Weight Gain
A Pilot Study of Diabetes Risk Reduction Program With WIC Mothers(The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children) Overweight WIC Mothers
1) to evaluate treatment fidelity of DRRP: study design, training of interventionists, delivery and receipt of the intervention, and application of the intervention in real-life settings; 2) to identify successful strategies for…
- Trial name
- NCT00944060
- Testing
- lifestyle intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Obesity, Weight Gain
Evaluation of the Efficacy of the Watch Your Weight During Holidays Program for the Prevention of Body Weight Gain in Mexican Adults.
Obesity is the main risk factor for the development of chronic-degenerative diseases in Mexico. Due to the difficulty of treating obesity, prevention is urgently needed.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT05580926
- Testing
- Watch your Weight During Holidays, Control Group (minimal intervention)
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 64 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rolando Giovanni Díaz Zavala
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, 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
Infant, Obesity
The Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) Study
This study will test an intervention program designed to provide developmentally appropriate guidance to parents of infants on responsive parenting and healthy lifestyle to see if that intervention will prevent rapid weight gain…
- Trial name
- INSIGHT (NCT01167270)
- Testing
- Child Safety Insights, Parenting Insights
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 316 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ian M. Paul, MD
Weight Gain Trajectory, BMI
Evaluating Care Integration Between Pediatric Primary Care Providers and WIC Nutritionists
This study looks at whether using secure digital systems to share information between pediatric health care providers (during regular well-child visits) and social care providers (during regular visits with WIC nutritionists) can…
- Conditions
- Weight Gain Trajectory, BMI, Responsive Parenting, Diet Quality
- Trial name
- WEE Baby (NCT07494097)
- Testing
- Data integration around responsive parenting, Standard Care (in control arm)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 380 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity
Environmental Intervention for Weight Gain Prevention
The primary aim of this research is to evaluate the efficacy of a multicomponent worksite-based, environmental intervention in reducing weight increase and obesity over time in working adults.
- Trial name
- HealthWorks (NCT00708461)
- Testing
- weight gain prevention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,747 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Retirement, Weight Gain
A Physical Activity and Diet Program to Prevent Accumulation of Abdominal Fat Mass in Recently Retired Men and Women
Advancing age in itself is associated with changes in body composition. However, during transitional life stages, such as retirement, detrimental changes on diet and physical activity may occur.
- Trial name
- NCT00122213
- Testing
- Behavior change on physical activity and diet
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
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
Obesity, Overweight
A Cafeteria Based Study of Weight Gain Prevention
The dramatic rise in overweight and obesity during the past several decades can be explained by environmental changes that foster increased energy intake and decreased energy expenditure.
- Trial name
- Cafeteria (NCT00573482)
- Testing
- REDE, control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 106 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Weight Loss, Weight Gain Prevention
Improving Appetite Regulation in Patients With Obesity
Over 70% of U.S. adults have overweight or obesity. Currently, the most efficacious behavioral intervention for obesity is standard behavioral treatment (SBT), often composed of group sessions, calorie goals, and physical…
- Conditions
- Weight Loss, Weight Gain Prevention, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05200520
- Testing
- Appetite Self-Regulation Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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
Pregnancy, Overweight
Preventing Obesity in Military Communities: Mother-Baby
Women with pre-pregnancy obesity, women who exceed recommended weight gain during pregnancy, and children who experience rapid and excess growth during the first year of life are all at risk for subsequent obesity.
- Conditions
- Pregnancy, Overweight, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03249324
- Testing
- Positive-Gain Counseling (PGC), Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
Binge Eating, Weight Loss
Reducing Binge Eating to Prevent Weight Gain in Black Women
The purpose of the proposed study is to pilot a 6-month, cognitive-behavioral binge eating intervention, Appetite Awareness Training (AAT) to reduce binge eating and prevent weight gain for Black women with a BMI > 25 kg/m^2 and…
- Conditions
- Binge Eating, Weight Loss, Weight Gain Prevention
- Trial name
- NCT03531112
- Testing
- Appetite Awareness Treatment + Lifestyle Modification
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill