Four Year Weight Change of Cornell Students

NCT ID: NCT02300493

Last Updated: 2022-03-22

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-06-30

Brief Summary

Examining the effect of daily self-weighing on the ability of student to prevent from gaining weight during their four years at Cornell.

Detailed Description

A group of freshman volunteers were randomly assigned to one of two groups. Both groups were given an internet based scale (Withings). The experimental group was asked to weigh themselves daily. The controls were asked to weigh themselves three times within one week every six months in response to being contacted by our researchers.

Conditions

Weight Gain

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Experimental

weigh themselves daily

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Experimental

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Asked to weigh themselves

Control

Weigh themselves every six months

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Experimental

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Asked to weigh themselves

Interventions

Experimental

Asked to weigh themselves

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 25 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Cornell University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Dorms or student houseing

Ithaca, New York, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

1108002406

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id