An interventional study of Photo App and Diet App in Obesity, sponsored by University of South Carolina. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-04-17.
Sponsored by University of South Carolina · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
The purpose of the study is to test the effectiveness of two different methods of mobile dietary self-monitoring for weight loss. Both of these interventions will provide weight loss information through twice weekly audio podcasts. In addition to the podcasts, participants will be asked to track their diet using an assigned mobile applications (for their smartphone), which will be randomly assigned.
This study will include an intensive phase for 6 weeks and a follow-up phase that will occur through the final 6 months of the study. Participants will attend one 1-hour orientation meeting at the beginning of the study and a 2-hour baseline assessment and training meeting. A final assessment will be conducted at the end of 6 weeks with a follow-up assessment at 6 months. Everyone in the study will be asked to listen to 2 podcasts per week. Each of the podcasts will take about 15-20 minutes to listen to and so participants should expect to spend 30-40 minutes each week listening to podcasts. Participants also will be randomized to track diet with one of the two mobile dietary tracking applications that will be used in the study. Participants will be encouraged to monitor their exercise and body weight.
6,570 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 1,718 are open to participants now.
This study's enrollment of 44 is below the median of 77 across 5,084 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.
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Participants in this group will receive podcasts twice weekly in conjunction with using a mobile dietary tracking application(Photo App). This Photo App allows participants to track meals by taking photos.
Behavioral: Photo App · Behavioral: Podcasts
Participants in this group will receive podcasts twice weekly in conjunction with an app (Diet App) to track their diet by entering in foods and beverages consumed.
Behavioral: Diet App · Behavioral: Podcasts
Use of a mobile photo app that takes pictures of foods consumed and allows users to share these pictures with other members of the study in order to receive feedback.
Use of a mobile diet app that allows users to track all foods and beverages consumed in order to calculate the calories consumed each day.
Listen to 2 podcasts per week about healthy eating and exercise.
Number of days diet is self-monitored
Assess the total number of days food is recorded via assigned app over the 6-week study and then assess follow-up at 6 months.
Time frame: 6 months
Plan to share: Undecided
Ran from Sep 2016 to primary completion in May 2017, 8 months.
Of 2,253 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Obesity, half reached primary completion within 26 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 50. This study's 8 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 2,351 studies reached it within 26 months; a quarter within 11 and three quarters within 48.
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This study is completed, as verified in Apr 2019. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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