Enhancing Memory to Facilitate Weight Loss: Tracking, Recording and Coaching

NCT03446729 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 131518
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 50
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

The objective of this application is to pilot test and evaluate the acceptability and efficacy of a program to facilitate weight loss by enhancing memory for a recently consumed meal.

Conditions

Overweight and Obesity

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (5)

• Attendance

  The number of treatment visits attended

  Post-Treatment (12 weeks following baseline)

• Attrition

  The percentage of participant attrition from each treatment arm

  Change from baseline at an average of 12 weeks

• Self-Monitoring Adherence

  The number of days that participants self-monitor

  Post-Treatment (12 weeks following baseline)

• Acceptability

  Average of likert ratings of self-monitoring method, was it "easier," "more helpful," or "more convenient" than any methods participants may have used to self-monitor in the past

  Measured at an average of 12 weeks following baseline

• Weight Change

  Weight and height will be combined to report BMI in kg/m\^2

  Change from baseline at an average of 12 weeks and 24 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Working Memory

  Change from baseline at an average of 12 weeks and 24 weeks

• Food specific memory

  Change from baseline at an average of 12 weeks and 24 weeks

Other Outcomes (1)

• Restraint

  Change from baseline at an average of 12 weeks and 24 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Memory Self Monitoring (MSM)

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention: Guided self-help Behavioral Weight Loss. The MSM group is assigned to self-monitor in "habit books" what they consume in their previous meal immediately prior to each meal, similar to other studies exploring the effect of episodic meal memory on food intake.

Behavioral: Guided Self-Help Behavioral Weight Loss

Caloric Self Monitoring (CSM)

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Intervention: Guided self-help Behavioral Weight Loss. The CSM group is assigned to self-monitor what food they consume, and the associated caloric content after each meal in their "habit books" in line with traditional BWL self-monitoring.

Behavioral: Guided Self-Help Behavioral Weight Loss

Interventions

Guided Self-Help Behavioral Weight Loss BEHAVIORAL

Guided self-help Behavioral Weight Loss including 7 visits over 12 weeks. The treatment content includes self-monitoring, healthy eating, stimulus control, increasing physical activity, reducing sedentary activity, planning ahead for high-risk situations, and relapse prevention. The 7 visits are conducted with a behavioral coach to give participants educational materials and to promote accountability. The behavioral coach's role in the gshBWL program is to measure participant weight, collect self-monitoring booklets, clarify materials, and problem-solve barriers to adherence.

Also known as: gshBWL

Caloric Self Monitoring (CSM); Memory Self Monitoring (MSM)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Participant must be overweight (BMI between 25-40)
• Participant must be between the ages of 18-55
• Participant can read at a minimum of an 5th grade level in English
• Participant is willing to participate and to commit to 12 weeks of treatment and attendance at assessments

You may not qualify if:

• Participant is unable to exercise (ex., due to physical or medical reasons)
• Major psychiatric disorder diagnoses, including an eating disorder
• Diagnoses of a serious current physical disease (such as diabetes) for which physician supervision of diet is needed
• Participant who takes medications that would influence weight and eating, or cognitive functioning, such as attention, concentration, or mental status

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, San Diego: lead

Related Publications (1)

• Robinson E, Aveyard P, Daley A, Jolly K, Lewis A, Lycett D, Higgs S. Eating attentively: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the effect of food intake memory and awareness on eating. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Apr;97(4):728-42. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.045245. Epub 2013 Feb 27.

  PMID: 23446890 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Kerri Boutelle, PhD

  University of California, San Diego

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor, Pediatrics and Psychiatry

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 8, 2018
• First Posted: February 27, 2018
• Study Start: January 2, 2014
• Primary Completion: December 3, 2015
• Study Completion: December 3, 2015
• Last Updated: February 27, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-02