Assessing the Efficacy of Smartphone Calorie Calculator Application on Body Composition With and Without Intervention

NCT03410472 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: BHS-1309
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 20
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Over nutrition has led to an increasing overweight and obese population. Maintaining a calorie deficit can be difficult causing many patients to be unsuccessful at weight loss attempts. There are many smart phone applications that are labeled as weight loss aids, MyFitnessPal™ being one of these applications. MyFitnessPal ™ assists users to help record calorie intake to maintain a balanced caloric intake and to avoid over nutrition Primary Hypothesis: This study is testing the hypothesis that subjects using a smart phone calorie calculator with intervention will have a greater body fat percentage loss in 8 weeks when compared to the control group. Secondary Hypothesis: Subjects using a smart phone calorie calculator with intervention will report improved self-body image in 8 weeks.

Conditions

Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Body Fat Percentage

  This will be tested using dual-x ray absorptiometry

  Week 1 and Week 8

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in Lean Body Mass

  Week 1 and Week 8

• Change in Body Mass Index

  Week 1 and Week 8

• Change in Systolic and Diastolic Blood Pressure

  Week 1 and Week 8

• Change in BSQ-16

  Week 1 and Week 8

Study Arms (2)

Web based diet application

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm entails the subject to record their diet into an online web program to monitor calories. The calorie goal will be given to the subjects in this group prior to the study based on dual x-ray absorptiometry test that will test resting metabolic rate.

Behavioral: Web based diet application

Control

NO INTERVENTION

This group will have body composition tested at week 1 and then repeat this test at 8 weeks having no intervention.

Interventions

Web based diet application BEHAVIORAL

This group will be asked to record their diets for 8 weeks after being told an approximate calorie goal. This group will receive weekly emails with tips on how to eat healthy

Web based diet application

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 35 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• greater than 25 body mass index, must own a smart phone

You may not qualify if:

• currently using any other diet intervention

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York Institute of Technology: lead

Study Sites (1)

New York Institute of Technology

Old Westbury, New York, 11568, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Patricia Happel, DO

  New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Only the individual performing the outcome measures will me masked to the assignment of the subjects.
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: This is a randomized parallel design study

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 16, 2017
• First Posted: January 25, 2018
• Study Start: October 12, 2017
• Primary Completion: October 2, 2018
• Study Completion: October 2, 2018
• Last Updated: November 9, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-11

Locations

US (1)