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Design and Aims of Study to Measure Long-term Efficacy of Interactive Online Dietician Weight Loss Advice in General Practice

Authors:
Vibeke Brandt
Mathilde Pedersen
Dorte Glintborg
Carl Brandt
Kirsten Brandt
Søren Toubro
Cecilia Arendal

Keywords: obesity; Internet community; treatment; preventive medicine

Abstract:
Abstract—Obesity is an increasing drain on the resources of general practitioners, who have few effective options for treatment other than surgery and (often prohibitively expensive) personal dietician advice. A study has been designed to investigate the effects of internet-based dietary advice compared with a placebo non-interactive web-support to conventional practice during 24 months. Using data from a previous pilot project for the power calculation, by recruiting 300 patients we will obtain sufficient power to reliably detect a long-term weight loss of 2.5 kg, or, if this figure is higher, to obtain more detailed information about criteria distinguishing patients more or less likely to benefit from this type of Internet based weight loss program.

Pages: 96 to 101

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2011

Publication date: February 23, 2011

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4359

ISBN: 978-1-61208-119-9

Location: Gosier, Guadeloupe, France

Dates: from February 23, 2011 to February 28, 2011