The Effectiveness of Commercial Weight Loss Programmes
A Randomised Control Trial of Commercial Weight Loss Programme in a Community Based Sample of Obese Adults.
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interventional
300
1 country
1
Brief Summary
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
- Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution,
- The slimFast Plan,
- The weight Watchers Pure Points Programme,
- Rosemary Conley's "Eat Yourself Slim" Diet \& Fitness Plan.
- No diet (control) 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.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable obesity
Started Jul 2002
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable obesity
1 active site
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
July 1, 2002
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
March 1, 2003
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 17, 2006
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 19, 2006
CompletedJuly 21, 2006
May 1, 2003
May 17, 2006
July 20, 2006
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Weight loss
Fat loss
Interventions
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Body mass index (BMI) \> 27 and \< 40 kg/m2.
You may not qualify if:
- History of coronary heart disease
- Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
- Renal, liver or respiratory failure
- Gout
- Taking lipid lowering or anti-hypertensive drugs
- History of obesity with known cause (i.e. Cushings disease, hypothyroidism)
- Previous gastric or weight loss surgery
- Taking any weight loss drug (including Orlistat or Sibutramine)
- Clinical depression
- Eating disorders
- Drug or alcohol abuse
- Any malabsorptive state (including lactose intolerance)
- Being treated for a malignancy
- Being pregnant
- Breastfeeding
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Surreylead
- British Broadcasting Corporationcollaborator
Study Sites (1)
University of Surrey
Guildford, surrey, GU2 7XH, United Kingdom
Related Publications (2)
Truby H, Baic S, deLooy A, Fox KR, Livingstone MB, Logan CM, Macdonald IA, Morgan LM, Taylor MA, Millward DJ. Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials". BMJ. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1309-14. doi: 10.1136/bmj.38833.411204.80. Epub 2006 May 23.
PMID: 16720619RESULTTruby H, Hiscutt R, Herriot AM, Stanley M, Delooy A, Fox KR, Baic S, Robson PJ, Macdonald I, Taylor MA, Ware R, Logan C, Livingstone M. Commercial weight loss diets meet nutrient requirements in free living adults over 8 weeks: a randomised controlled weight loss trial. Nutr J. 2008 Sep 2;7:25. doi: 10.1186/1475-2891-7-25.
PMID: 18764946DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
D J Millward, PhD
University of Surrey
- STUDY DIRECTOR
H A Truby, PhD SRD
University of Surrey
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 17, 2006
First Posted
May 19, 2006
Study Start
July 1, 2002
Study Completion
March 1, 2003
Last Updated
July 21, 2006
Record last verified: 2003-05