The effect of phone text messaging on the women's body mass index and food habits

The effect of phone text messaging on the Iranian overweight and obese women's body mass index and food habits

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201204029360N1

Enrollment

Registered

2012-04-08

Start date

2011-09-28

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

Obesity. Obesity, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention 1: Control group: Attending a face to face educational session and receipting a booklet contained food calorie chart and strategies and recommendations for weight control. Intervention

Control group: Attending a face to face educational session and receipting a booklet contained food calorie chart and strategies and recommendations for weight control

Intervention group: Attending a face to face educational session and receipting a booklet contained food calorie chart and strategies and recommendations for weight control and receiving two interac

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

25 Years to 55 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria: Participants were supposed to have their own mobile phone and enable to send and receive Persian text messages via their own cellular phone. Other inclusion criteria were as follow: being at the age range of 25 to 55 years old, being overweight or obese (BMI = 25) not taking medications known to cause weight gain, not being pregnant or breastfeeding, not being in the 6-months post-partum period, not being under specific diet or exercise program. Exclusion criteria: Participants were excluded if they have a serious physical and mental illness, get pregnant or enter in a special diet or exercise program during the study.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Body mass index (BMI). Timepoint: before intervention and after intervention(after 3 months). Method of measurement: Total body weights and heights were obtained with a digital adult calibrated scale (model 708, Seca, Germany, 0.01 kg) and a wall-mounted stadiometer (model 206 Seca, 0.1cm), respectively. Body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) was calculated.;Food habits. Timepoint: before intervention and after intervention(after 3 months). Method of measurement: self-making food habits questionnair.	—

Measure

Time frame

Body mass index (BMI). Timepoint: before intervention and after intervention(after 3 months). Method of measurement: Total body weights and heights were obtained with a digital adult calibrated scale (model 708, Seca, Germany, 0.01 kg) and a wall-mounted stadiometer (model 206 Seca, 0.1cm), respectively. Body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) was calculated.;Food habits. Timepoint: before intervention and after intervention(after 3 months). Method of measurement: self-making food habits questionnair.

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Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactSomaye Faghanipour

Center for Nursing Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

s-faghanipour@razi.tums.ac.irfaghanipour@gmail.com+98 21 8867 1613

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 22, 2026