Lighten Up weight maintenance study

Conditions

Weight management Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Amanda Daley, Kate Jolly, Claire Madigan, Ryan A. Griffin, Andrea Roalfe et al. (8 authors)

Public Health Research2019-04-0113 citations

Study protocol: the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a brief behavioural intervention to promote regular self-weighing to prevent weight regain after weight loss: randomised controlled trial (The LIMIT Study).

Madigan CD, Jolly K, Roalfe A, Lewis AL, Webber L, Aveyard P, Daley AJ.

2015-06-0414 citations

10.1186/s12889-015-1869-0

Interventions

Usual care group The usual care group will receive the standard Lighten Up maintenance leaflet sent to their home address. The leaflet is very brief with some advice prepared by NHS Bi

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged 18 years or more. 2. People who have attended and therefore been weighed at their Lighten Up weight loss programme at least once during weeks 9-12 of the 12 week programme. 3. People who have lost at least 5% of their starting weight at the end of their weight loss programme. This can be later verified objectively as all participants are weighed by service providers at the start and end of their weight loss programme. 4. Own a mobile phone or landline phone that can receive SMS text messages.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to understand English 2. Women who are known to be pregnant or intending to become pregnant during the study

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mean weight change at 12 months follow up.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. The proportion of participants in the intervention and usual care groups who regain less than 1 kg from their weight at the end of the weight loss programme at three and 12 month follow up. 2. Mean weight change at three months (post maintenance intervention) follow up. 3. The cost to the NHS per kg, and per kg/m2, of the additional weight loss maintained for the intervention compared to usual care at 12 months, the cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY) during the intervention period and cost per predicted lifetime QALYs gained. 4. The occurrence of adverse effects including uncontrolled eating, emotional eating and weight preoccupation.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. The proportion of participants in the intervention and usual care groups who regain less than 1 kg from their weight at the end of the weight loss programme at three and 12 month follow up. 2. Mean weight change at three months (post maintenance intervention) follow up. 3. The cost to the NHS per kg, and per kg/m2, of the additional weight loss maintained for the intervention compared to usual care at 12 months, the cost per quality adjusted life years (QALY) during the intervention period and cost per predicted lifetime QALYs gained. 4. The occurrence of adverse effects including uncontrolled eating, emotional eating and weight preoccupation.

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Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed