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Web-based coaching program for adults with obesity in Finland

Tests a 12-month online weight program with a personal coach for adults with obesity.

Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: HealthyWeightHub.fi: Web-based Management of Obesity in a Real-life Clinical Setting

Key facts

Where
Helsinki, FinlandSee the site

Where in Finland

  • University Of HelsinkiHelsinki, FinlandTaking people

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?
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Trial details

Who runs it
Helsinki University Central Hospital
Trial code
NCT04019249
Record updated
18 March 2022
Original description
This study evaluates the effectiveness of a web-based obesity management program HealthyWeightCoaching (HWC), within a HealthyWeightHub.fi (HWH) platform. HWC is a 12-month intervention within a real-life clinical setting. The program includes a combination of nutrition, physical activity, and cognitive behavioral approaches, with a strong basis in acceptance and commitment therapy.Read full original descriptionShow less

HealthyWeightHub.fi: Web-based Management of Obesity in a Real-life Clinical Setting

This study evaluates the effectiveness of a web-based obesity management program HealthyWeightCoaching (HWC), within a HealthyWeightHub.fi (HWH) platform. HWC is a 12-month intervention within a real-life clinical setting. The program includes a combination of nutrition, physical activity, and cognitive behavioral approaches, with a strong basis in acceptance and commitment therapy.

In addition to the automated, interactive program, HWC includes a personal coach allocated to each patient. The patients are enrolled through referrals from primary care, occupational health, other hospitals, or from private health care units nationwide in Finland.

Inclusion: age over 18 years; body mass index (BMI) ≥ 25 kg/ m²; the possibility to use a computer and /or a smartphone with access to the internet; willingness to participate in the digital treatment program.

Exclusion: diagnosed severe illness requiring assessment from the specialty care obesity center; pregnancy or breastfeeding.

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04019249