Education and Training

Promoting Long-term Behavior Change to Reduce CVD Risk

Once intervention class or staff contact is removed, obese adults participating in behavioral weight-loss programs often give up healthy eating habits and regain weight. We examined whether taste-based goal setting, which minimizes perceived deprivation by promoting taste and moderation, would sustain long-term reductions in saturated fat and body mass index (BMI).

Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.

Stanford Investigator(s):

Intervention(s):

  • behavioral: Behavioral lifestyle/weight-loss intervention

Eligibility


Inclusion Criteria:- Body mass index between 27-37

   - Physically inactive

   - Able to participate in physical activity

   - Percentage of daily calories from total fat 30% or more

   - Free of diagnosed heart disease

   - Stable on medications for 3 months or more Exclusion Criteria:- Diabetic

   - Dysphoric (Beck Depression Inventory score greater than 18)

   - Binge eating or bulimic (Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale)

Ages Eligible for Study

25 Years - N/A

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Not currently accepting new patients for this trial

Contact Information

Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford, CA 94305
Michaela Kiernan
6507238460
Not Recruiting