Preventing Age-Related Weight Gain in the Workplace With Daily Weighing (Weigh2Go)

To examine the effectiveness of daily weighing to prevent age-related weight gain.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Weight Gain
• Intervention / Treatment: Device: Daily Weighing Group; Device: Control group

Detailed Description

Cornell employee's were recruited for a two-year weight gain prevention study. Height and weights were taken in our metabolic center. They were randomized into two group. The experimental group was given an internet based scale and asked to weigh themselves every morning immediately after rising. The other group was asked to return at the end of the study when they height and weight will again be measured.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 280
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy, non-diabetic

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of eating disorders

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Daily Weighing Group; This group will be weighed and height measured in our metabolic unit at the beginning and end of the two year experimental period. In addition, the intervention in Daily Weighing Group is that they will be given an internet based scale and asked to weigh themselves immediately after rising from bed every morning for the duration of the two year experimental period.	Device: Daily Weighing Group; The Experimental group will weigh themselves everyday; Other Names: Daily weighing
Active Comparator: Control Group; The only intervention for the control group is that they will be weighed and height measured at the beginning and end of the experimental period in our metabolic unit.	Device: Control group; This group will be weighed and measured at the beginning and end of the study and will not be weighing themselves daily; Other Names: Not weighing daily

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Weight Change	body weight	2 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Cornell University
• Investigators: Study Director: Patrick Stover, Cornell University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 1, 2016
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 30, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: May 17, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: October 22, 2018
• First Posted (Actual): October 24, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 22, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 8, 2022
• Last Verified: March 1, 2022

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Body Weight Changes; Body Weight; Weight Gain
• Other Study ID Numbers: 1606006401

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No