This trial is evaluating whether Regulation of Cues Enhanced will improve 1 primary outcome and 6 secondary outcomes in patients with Overweight and Obesity. Measurement will happen over the course of Change from baseline at an average of 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months.
This trial requires 300 total participants across 3 different treatment groups
This trial involves 3 different treatments. Regulation Of Cues Enhanced is the primary treatment being studied. Participants will all receive the same treatment. There is no placebo group. The treatments being tested are not being studied for commercial purposes.
"All treatments, including conventional treatment and a very intensively managed intensive intervention, can improve the prognosis of overweight children. However, it is impossible to prevent all cases of overweight but it is possible to prevent its consequences. As overweight has been correlated with a number of physiological and psychological consequences, these can be solved and/or prevented by a structured lifestyle program." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The development of overweight, defined as an BMI greater than 25 kg / m 2, can be prevented by a healthy diet, regular exercise and weight control." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In addition to body Mass Index (BMI) and age, other factors can be considered in a medical assessment: adiposity of the whole body, abdominal obesity, and abdominal circumference." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"This article addresses the question of how often, in what numbers, Americans are at risk for developing either central or peripheral factors for obesity. The data are based on an extensive search through various medical and scientific databases, including reports by the National Health Study, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHS-EN)." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Obesity is a risk factor for many chronic diseases and the signs of overweight include a small fluctuating weight, lack of exercise, low energy levels and an increased rate of heart disease and diabetes mellitus." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"For the management of obesity in a primary care setting, the best practice has been for obesity to be treated through diet alone. However, studies suggest that obesity alone is only partially responsible for the other risks of overweight-related health conditions, as well as of cardiovascular disease. There is no doubt that regular exercise reduces other health risks; however, the evidence is weak on exercise's benefit in the prevention of obesity." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Results from a recent paper did not show a significant difference between the cue and placebo groups in the sense of self-reported weight change. This could be due to the fact that the control condition was very low intensity in terms of exercise level; moreover, the study was poorly powered to show such subtle changes. Thus, this effect is at best a probable effect. However, in terms of actual weight change, a positive effect to enhancing cues is found." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In a recent study, findings of this preliminary study indicate that when a cue is paired at a specific level of arousal with a desired stimulus, it may be possible to limit the effects of the cue for a short amount of time. Further investigation is also needed. Some possibilities are explored for maximizing effectiveness at the time of cue-dependent cue regulation in order to improve the chances of cue-dependent cue regulation maintaining effectiveness." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"The conclusions regarding BMI remain remarkably similar from many scientific studies published in recent years, with small but consistent methodological and substantive effects of socioeconomic factors on the association between overweight and metabolic risk. Increasingly, there is an indication that high socio-economic inequality may contribute to a persistent association between overweight and metabolic risk. Recent findings are in line with the 'health equity hypothesis' and highlight the need for continued scientific efforts to understand the causes and contextualising of these relationships, particularly with respect to low SES groups." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"In a recent study, findings from this study do not indicate that eating regulation is better than unrestricted eating. Interestingly, subjects in the regulated eating condition reported more cravings than those who were unrestricted; however, these cravings were not associated with eating behavior, so it is hard to say if cravings are a cause or a result of an eating disorder." - Anonymous Online Contributor
"Family environment was more important than genetic predisposition when assessing risk factors for overweight and obesity. Overweight should be treated as a family problem and preventive strategies should be tailored tailored to individuals' risk-factor profile regardless of underlying genetic predisposition." - Anonymous Online Contributor