The Effectiveness of Commercial Weight Loss Programmes

This study has been completed.

Sponsor:

Collaborator:

British Broadcasting Corporation

Information provided by:

University of Surrey

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT00327821

First received: May 17, 2006

Last updated: July 20, 2006

Last verified: May 2003

History of Changes

Purpose

The objective is to compare the effectiveness of 4 different commercial weight-loss diets available to adults in the UK.

This is achieved with a 6 month multi-centre randomised unblinded controlled trial of

Dr Atkins' New Diet Revolution,
The slimFast Plan,
The weight Watchers Pure Points Programme,
Rosemary Conley's "Eat Yourself Slim" Diet & Fitness Plan.
No diet (control)

Subjects are a community based sample of 300 (60 per group) otherwise healthy overweight and obese adults.

Main outcome measures are weight and body fat change over 6 months.

Condition	Intervention
Obesity	Behavioral: calorie controlled diet

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment Masking: Open Label
Official Title:	A Randomised Control Trial of Commercial Weight Loss Programme in a Community Based Sample of Obese Adults.

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Obesity Weight Control

U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by University of Surrey:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Weight loss
Fat loss

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	July 2002
Estimated Study Completion Date:	March 2003

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	18 Years to 65 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Body mass index (BMI) > 27 and < 40 kg/m2.

Exclusion Criteria:

History of coronary heart disease
Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes
Renal, liver or respiratory failure
Gout
Taking lipid lowering or anti-hypertensive drugs
History of obesity with known cause (i.e. Cushings disease, hypothyroidism)
Previous gastric or weight loss surgery
Taking any weight loss drug (including Orlistat or Sibutramine)
Clinical depression
Eating disorders
Drug or alcohol abuse
Any malabsorptive state (including lactose intolerance)
Being treated for a malignancy
Being pregnant
Breastfeeding

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00327821

Locations

United Kingdom
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom, GU2 7XH

Sponsors and Collaborators

University of Surrey

British Broadcasting Corporation

Investigators

Principal Investigator:	D J Millward, PhD	University of Surrey
Study Director:	H A Truby, PhD SRD	University of Surrey

More Information

Publications:

Truby H, Baic S, deLooy A, Fox KR, Livingstone MB, Logan CM, Macdonald IA, Morgan LM, Taylor MA, Millward DJ. Randomised controlled trial of four commercial weight loss programmes in the UK: initial findings from the BBC "diet trials". BMJ. 2006 Jun 3;332(7553):1309-14. Epub 2006 May 23. Erratum in: BMJ. 2006 Jun 17;332(7555):1418.

Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Truby H, Hiscutt R, Herriot AM, Stanley M, Delooy A, Fox KR, Baic S, Robson PJ, Macdonald I, Taylor MA, Ware R, Logan C, Livingstone M. Commercial weight loss diets meet nutrient requirements in free living adults over 8 weeks: a randomised controlled weight loss trial. Nutr J. 2008 Sep 2;7:25.

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00327821 History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers:	107189 BBC
Study First Received:	May 17, 2006
Last Updated:	July 20, 2006
Health Authority:	United Kingdom: National Health Service

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Obesity
Weight Loss
Overnutrition
Nutrition Disorders

Overweight
Body Weight
Signs and Symptoms
Body Weight Changes

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