Overweight/obesity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity
Conditions
Interventions
Web-based intervention is offered to employees in participating UK workplaces.
The POWeR website is a series of online modules which the participant is encouraged to complete on a weekly basis. The
their 'POWeR tools'. Participants who have smartphones can download an accompanying POWeR ?app? to track their goals and progress.
Data collection at baseline (registration) and 8 weeks.
Sponsors
University of Southampton (UK)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults (male and female), aged 18 or older 2. Self-reported body mass index (BMI) >23 3. Able to access the internet on a regular basis 4. Able and willing to weigh self once per week
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Potential participants with health conditions that influence their diet or physical activity are advised to check with their GP before taking part
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Participants' use of POWeR weight management website (objective data, recorded by the online intervention). Data collection at baseline (registration) and 8 weeks. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Satisfaction with the website and (where relevant) smartphone app Other measures of interest include: 1. Satisfaction with the website (Yardley et al. 2010) 2. Use of the POWeR intervention within the workplace context (questionnaire created specifically for this study) 3. Workplace weight related social norms (Lemmon et al. 2013) 4. Workplace health climate (Ribisl & Reischl, 1993) 5. Self-reported weight loss (kg) Data collection at baseline (registration) and 8 weeks. | — |
Countries
United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed