Obesity
Conditions
Brief summary
Investigate whether economic incentives help obese individuals to lose weight.
Interventions
OTHEReconomic incentive
economic incentive for weight loss
Sponsors
Rhine-Westphalia Institute for Economic Research
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* BMI above 30 * age between 18 anf 75 * registered residence in the German federal state of Baden-Württemberg
Exclusion criteria
* considerable language barriers * pregnancy * psychological disorders * eating disorders * tumor disease within last five years * abuse of alcohol * abuse of drugs * serious general diseases
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| bodyweight | 22 months |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed