Equivalent weight loss for phone and clinic weight management

This is a current project.

Description

This study seeks to evaluate a phone-based delivery system of weight-loss support versus a traditional clinic. The phone approach may eliminate many of the barriers of a traditional clinic by substituting conference calls for clinics and by delivering weight loss materials and products directly to the participant. In this fashion, the care provider and participants can reside in any location and receive the same information by conference phone call as that provided by clinic, and receive educational materials, weight management products, and so on, by air or ground transportation.

This project is a randomized, equivalency trial to test the effectiveness of a phone-based weight management program compared to a traditional face-to-face clinic program for weight loss and weight maintenance. If successful, the phone approach may eliminate many of the barriers inherent to the traditional face-to-face clinic, may be less expensive, and would potentially open weight management to any individual with access to a phone.

Project Administration

Joseph Donnelly, principal investigator

Project Contact

Joseph E. Donnelly, Ph.D.
Energy Balance Laboratory
1301 Sunnyside Avenue, Room 100
Lawrence, KS 66045-7567
jprofessor@ku.edu
(785) 864-0797
fax (785) 864-5323

This is a project of:

Energy Balance Laboratory

Funded by:

The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Send corrections/comments/questions to lifespan@ku.edu