The Effectiveness of Commercial Weight Loss Programmes

This study has been completed.

First Received: May 17, 2006 Last Updated: July 20, 2006 History of Changes

Sponsors and Collaborators:	University of Surrey British Broadcasting Corporation
Information provided by:	University of Surrey
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00327821

Purpose

The objective is to compare the effectiveness of 4 different commercial weight-loss diets available to adults in the UK.

This is achieved with a 6 month multi-centre randomised unblinded controlled trial of

Subjects are a community based sample of 300 (60 per group) otherwise healthy overweight and obese adults.

Main outcome measures are weight and body fat change over 6 months.

Condition	Intervention
Obesity	Behavioral: calorie controlled diet

MedlinePlus related topics: Diets Obesity Weight Control

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study
Official Title:	A Randomised Control Trial of Commercial Weight Loss Programme in a Community Based Sample of Obese Adults.

Further study details as provided by University of Surrey:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	July 2002
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2003

Eligibility

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00327821

Locations

United Kingdom, Surrey
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU2 7XH

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Surrey

British Broadcasting Corporation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	D J Millward, PhD	University of Surrey
Study Director:	H A Truby, PhD SRD	University of Surrey

More Information

Publications:

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID):

Study ID Numbers:	107189 BBC
Study First Received:	May 17, 2006
Last Updated:	July 20, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00327821 History of Changes
Health Authority:	United Kingdom: National Health Service

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Obesity
Weight Loss

Body Weight Changes
Nutrition Disorders
Overweight
Overnutrition

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Obesity
Weight Loss

Body Weight Changes
Nutrition Disorders
Overweight
Overnutrition

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 07, 2009