An interventional study of Watch your Weight During the Holidays Program and Relative 5:2 Fasting in Weight Gain, Overweight and Obesity, sponsored by Universidad de Sonora. Terminated at 1 site in Mexico. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-05-16.
Sponsored by Universidad de Sonora · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Introduction. Obesity is the main risk factor for the development of chronic degenerative diseases in Mexico and other countries around the world. Due to the difficulty of treating obesity, it is necessary to change the curative paradigm for a preventive one. A review showed that holiday periods during the year are critical points for weight gain. The holiday season is the festive period with the greatest impact on adults' body weight. Observational studies have shown that more than 50% of the annual weight is gained during this period. However, few preventive interventions in the festive period have been carried out globally. Additionally, the COVID-19 pandemic seems to be negatively affecting diet, physical activity and body weight. So preventive interventions are needed, especially those that can be implemented in an online format. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of two online interventions -Watch your Weight during the Holidays Program and the Relative 5:2 Fasting - on the prevention of body weight gain from baseline to 8 weeks in comparison with a control group in Mexican adults during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: This is a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial (RCT). The primary outcome is the change in body weight from baseline to 8 weeks. Secondary outcomes are the percentage of retention / desertion of the participants, adherence to interventions, participant satisfaction scale, changes in other obesity parameters, biochemical, physical, and quality of life variables from baseline to 8 weeks. Obesity and quality of life parameters from baseline to 52 weeks are also secondary outcomes. The statistical analysis of the primary and secondary variables will be conducted, according to their distribution, by intention to treat and, secondarily, by completer´s analysis.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)
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Behavioral: Watch your Weight During the Holidays Program
Other: Relative 5:2 Fasting
Other: Control Group
Participants in this group will have two video call individual sessions and one video call group session. This intervention will include self-monitoring strategies (self-weighing, diet monitoring and physical activity), and nutrition counseling and education. In addition, participants in this group will receive a weighing scale to achieve self-monitoring of body weight from the beginning of the study intervention until the end of the 52-weeks follow-up.
Participants in this group will will have two video call individual sessions and one video call group session. This intervention will receive eating recommendations to follow a 5:2 intermittent fasting. They will be given low-calorie menus of 550 kcal and 660 kcal, for women and men respectively, which the participants in this group will apply on fasting days. The fasting will be held twice a week and on the remaining five days, the participants will not have any type of caloric restriction (it will be ad libitum). They will only have the general recommendation to adhere to a healthy dietary pattern.
Participants in this group will receive online information and a PDF file brochure during an individual video call session at the beginning of the 8-week period. This information will be about leading a healthy eating based on the norm for health promotion and education for healthy eating in Mexico (NOM-043-SSA2-2012).
Changes in body weight
Time frame: Baseline to 8 weeks
Changes in body weight
Time frame: Baseline and 52 weeks
Changes in kilograms of body fat
Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Changes in waist circumference
Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Changes in systolic blood pressure
Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Changes in diastolic blood pressure
Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Changes in perception of health related quality of life
The SF-36 Health Survey evaluates aspects of the quality of life in adult populations (over 16 years of age). The result of its application is the generation of eight concepts or scales of health, result of the average of the sum of the questions contained in the questionnaire for each concept. These concepts are: physical function, physical role, corporal pain, general health, vitality, social function, emotional role and mental health. The SF-36 is a self-applied instrument and contains 36 questions. For each scale, the answers to each question are coded and recoded (10 questions), and the results are interpreted on a scale of 0 to 100, lower results indicate poorer health and greater result better health.
Time frame: Baseline, 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Retention / desertion
The retention percentage will be obtained by dividing the number of people that finished the intervention the number that started the intervention, multiplied by 100. The dropout percentage will be obtained by the difference in the number of subjects who started and finished the intervention, multiplied by 100.
Time frame: 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Adherence to intervention
Adherence to the intervention will be calculated as the percentage of study measurement appointments and group sessions attended by each participant. Another way to measure adherence to interventions will be with a numerical scale of self-evaluation from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest score and 5 is the highest, to indicate how adherent they were to the meal plans.
Time frame: 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Participant satisfaction scale
Satisfaction of the participants in each of the intervention groups will be measured online using a scale from 1 to 5, where 1 is the lowest rating and 5 is the highest. A higher score means a higher satisfaction with the intervention recieved.
Time frame: 8 weeks and 52 weeks
Changes in fasting glucose
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Changes in total cholesterol
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Changes in LDL cholesterol
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Changes in HDL cholesterol
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Changes in triglycerides
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
Ran from Nov 2021 to primary completion in Feb 2022, 3 months.
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