Determining how best to support overweight adults to adhere to lifestyle change: protocol for the SWIFT study

BMC Public Health

Study Protocol

Rachel C. Brown¹  Michelle R. Jospe¹  Rachael W. Taylor²  Hamish R. Osborne²  Kim J Meredith-Jones²  Melyssa Roy²  Sheila M. Williams³ 

[1]Department of Human Nutrition, University of Otago, PO Box 56, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand

[2]Department of Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand

[3]Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, University of Otago, PO Box 56, 9054, Dunedin, New Zealand

关键词: Obesity;    Adherence;    Mobile applications;    Hunger;    Self-weighing;    Intermittent fasting;    High-intensity interval training;    Self-monitoring;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12889-015-2205-4

 received in 2015-01-28, accepted in 2015-09-02,  发布年份 2015

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundPhysical activity plays a critical role in health, including for effective weight maintenance, but adherence to guidelines is often poor. Similarly, although debate continues over whether a “best” diet exists for weight control, meta-analyses suggest little difference in outcomes between diets differing markedly in macronutrient composition, particularly over the longer-term. Thus a more important question is how best to encourage adherence to appropriate lifestyle change. While brief support is effective, it has on-going cost implications. While self-monitoring (weight, diet, physical activity) is a cornerstone of effective weight management, little formal evaluation of the role that self-monitoring technology can play in enhancing adherence to change has occurred to date. People who eat in response to hunger have improved weight control, yet how best to train individuals to recognise when true physical hunger occurs and to limit consumption to those times, requires further study.Methods/designSWIFT (Support strategies for Whole-food diets, Intermittent Fasting, and Training) is a two-year randomised controlled trial in 250 overweight (body mass index of 27 or greater) adults that will examine different ways of supporting people to make appropriate changes to diet and exercise habits for long-term weight control. Participants will be randomised to one of five intervention groups: control, brief support (monthly weigh-ins and meeting), app (use of MyFitnessPal with limited support), daily self-weighing (with brief monthly feedback), or hunger training (four-week programme which trains individuals to only eat when physically hungry) for 24 months. Outcome assessments include weight, waist circumference, body composition (dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry), inflammatory markers, blood lipids, adiponectin and ghrelin, blood pressure, diet (3-day diet records), physical activity (accelerometry) and aerobic fitness, and eating behaviour. SWIFT is powered to detect clinically important differences of 4 kg in body weight and 5 cm in waist circumference. Our pragmatic trial also allows participants to choose one of several dietary (Mediterranean, modified Paleo, intermittent fasting) and exercise (current recommendations, high-intensity interval training) approaches before being randomised to a support strategy.DiscussionSWIFT will compare four different ways of supporting overweight adults to lose weight while following a diet and exercise plan of their choice, an aspect we believe will enhance adherence and thus success with weight management.Trial registrationAustralian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12615000010594. Registered 8th January 2015.

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© Taylor et al. 2015