Health app and fitness tracker for weight management
Treatments studied
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests a mobile app and fitness tracker to help people who are overweight become more active and manage their weight. Participants will use the app and tracker and may see improvements in their health.
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Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- Your body mass index (BMI) is 25 or higher, which is considered overweight.
- You are willing to use the BetterMe app and a fitness tracker for the whole study.
- You own a smartphone.
- You are not very active right now (exercising only a few times a month or less).
- You are confident that you can make changes, or you are willing to try.
- You are willing to weigh yourself and send video recordings as part of the study.
- You are not pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding. If you recently had a baby, it must be at least 6 months since giving birth.
- You do not have certain health conditions like sleep disorders, thyroid, liver, kidney, heart problems, moderate to severe depression or anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, or cancer.
- You have not lost a significant amount of weight recently (more than 5-10% of your body weight in the last 6 months).
- You are not going through extreme life stressors like family illness, job loss, or divorce.
- You are able to participate in regular exercise.
- You have not used this app or fitness tracker in the last year.
- You are not currently enrolled in another weight loss program and not using weight loss medications now or in the past 6 months, and you don't plan to use them in the next 6 months.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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