Testing a Small-Change Weight Loss Program for College Students
Tests a small-change weight loss program for college students with overweight or obesity.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- The Miriam Hospital
- Where
- Providence, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Weight Management Intervention in College: A Pilot
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 60 people, planned
- Started
- 20 Jan 2025
- Expected to end
- 1 Apr 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- BWLI-College
- Control
- Record updated
- 1 October 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for college students aged 18 to 29 with overweight or obesity. It tests a behavioral weight loss program in college health centers.
- Age
- 18 to 29 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- BMI of 25 or greater.
- Earlier treatment
- People in another formal weight loss program or taking obesity medications cannot join. Recent weight loss of 5% body weight or more and bariatric surgery also rule people out.
Main reasons for not taking part
- History or current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or alcohol use disorder
- Current or recent pregnancy
- Psychiatric hospitalization in the past 12 months
- Recent weight loss of 5% body weight or more
- Severe food or physical activity restrictions that would interfere with treatment
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- BMI of 25 or greater
- Enrolled at college/university where study will take place
- English-speaking
Who cannot take part
- Participation in another formal weight loss program or current utilization of obesity medications
- History or current diagnosis of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or alcohol use disorder (current symptoms also assessed at screening using validated screening questionnaires)
- Psychiatric hospitalization in the past 12 months
- History of bariatric surgery
- Current or recent pregnancy
- Recent weight loss of 5% body weight or more
- Severe food or physical activity restrictions that would interfere with treatment recommendations
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 18 and 29 years old?
Where in United States
- The Miriam HospitalProvidence, United StatesContact: Jacqueline F Hayes, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
This pilot randomized controlled trial will examine a behavioral weight loss intervention that uses a "small change" approach fro emerging adult college students with overweight/obesity. The primary aim is to assess student acceptability and clinically-meaningful weight changes.
The 2 groups in the trial
- BWLI-CollegeTreatment being tested
BWLI-College is a multicomponent behavioral weight loss intervention to reduce weight through diet, physical activity, and behavioral modifications designed to be responsive to emerging adult preferences. It will be delivered in a hybrid format with in-person and remotely-delivered synchronous sessions. As presently designed, the intervention will last 10 weeks.
- ControlExisting treatment, for comparison
The Control intervention consists of 1 in-person psychoeducational group session on general weight loss information and myths. Public web-resources about healthy eating and physical activity will be provided. Newsletters with similar content will be sent to promote retention.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Testing a Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention for Emerging Adults Implemented Within College Health Service Centers
- Plain-language title
- Testing a Small-Change Weight Loss Program for College StudentsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06994923, who can take part
- Record updated
- 1 October 2025