Assessing the effect of face to face education and training with short messages on the body mass index and nutritional habits of students.

? A clinical trial on comparing the effect of face to face education and training with short messages on the body mass index and nutritional habits in the overweight and obese female students of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

IRCT

Registry ID

IRCT201601231407N7

Enrollment

Registered

2016-05-14

Start date

2015-06-21

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2018-02-22

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Conditions

obesity. Obesity, overweight

Interventions

Intervention 1: Intervention group (1): Attending a face to face educational session for weight control and Nutritional habits. Intervention 2: Intervention group (2): Receiving two interactive messag

Lifestyle

Intervention group (1): Attending a face to face educational session for weight control and Nutritional habits.

Intervention group (2): Receiving two interactive messages daily about weight control and Modification of nutritional habits for two months.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

Female

Age

18 Years to 38 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: inclusion criteria: Being overweight (BMI = 25) or obese (BMI = 30), have their own mobile phone. Exclusion criteria: Not being pregnant or breastfeeding. Not taking medications known to cause weight gain.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria:

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Body mass index. Timepoint: Before and three months after the study. Method of measurement: Subjects body weights were obtained with a digital adult calibrated scale (model 708,Seca , Germany, 0.01 kg) and their Heights were obtained by wall-mounted stadiometer(model 206,Seca , 0.1 cm), respectively. Body mass index (BMI; in kg/m2) was calculated.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Nutritional habits. Timepoint: Before and three months after the study. Method of measurement: nutritional habits questionnaire.	—

Countries

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Contacts

Public ContactJalil Azimian

Nursing and Midwifery school, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran

azzimianj@yahoo.com+98 28 3336 0001

Outcome results

None listed

Source: IRCT (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026