An Addiction-Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching

An Addiction Model Based Mobile Health Weight Loss Intervention With Coaching in Adolescents With Overweight and Obesity: Multi-Site Randomized Controlled Trial
To test the effectiveness of an addiction-based weight loss intervention, embodied first as a smartphone app with telephone coaching (AppCoach) compared to (1) addiction model based weight-loss app alone (App) and (2) multi-disciplinary in-clinic weight loss intervention (Clinic) on weight outcomes of overweight and obese adolescents at 3, 6, 12 and 18 months post enrollment.
CHLA IRB Number
CHLA-18-00134
Study Type
Interventional
Eligibility
1. Age 14-18 years
2. Able to read English
3. Body mass index [BMI] ≥85th percentile for age and gender
Clinical Trials Government Identifier
NCT03500835
Enrollment Status
Open
Does this study also recruit healthy volunteers?
No
Coordinator Contact
Yareli Pineda
Contact Email
ypineda@chla.usc.edu