This project is assessing the effectiveness of using the Internet as a tool to facilitate the maintenance of weight lost in a behavioral weight control program. Participants attend a standard behavioral weight control intervention via Interactive Television and after 6 months are randomly assigned to one of three groups; a control group, an in-person weight maintenance group and a maintenance group that meets over the Internet. This research project is being conducted in Vermont.

Condition	Treatment or Intervention
Obesity	Behavior: Behavioral weight loss

Further Study Details: 

Ages Eligible for Study:  18 Years and above,  Genders Eligible for Study:  Both

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• BMI between 25 and 39.9
• Internet connection

Exclusion Criteria:

• Major medical problems
• Inability to walk for exercise

Vermont
      University of Vermont, Burlington,  Vermont,  05405,  United States

Study chairs or principal investigators

Jean Harvey-Berino,  Principal Investigator,  University of Vermont   

Study ID Numbers:  Harvey-Berino-Internet; R01 DK56746
Record last reviewed:  May 2003
Last Updated:  October 13, 2004
Record first received:  January 17, 2001
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:  NCT00008827
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on 2005-04-08