{"id":22963,"date":"2006-08-02T14:28:59","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T21:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=22963"},"modified":"2015-08-17T15:08:29","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T22:08:29","slug":"study-seeks-women-for-weight-management-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/study-seeks-women-for-weight-management-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Study seeks women for weight management program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Health Psychology Department is seeking 60 female university employees ages 25-65 to participate in a free, randomized clinical trial for weight management to compare how in-person vs. Internet-based group therapy can help women lose weight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With more than 65 percent of Americans either overweight or obese, identifying ways to help individuals lose or maintain weight is a major public health priority,&#8221; said\u00a0<strong>Lesley Lutes<\/strong>, assistant professor of psychology and coordinator of the nine-month study, called Get Active NAU.<\/p>\n<p>Participants in the study will be randomly assigned to either in-person or Internet-based group therapy that focuses on lifestyle changes and problem-solving therapy.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All participants will receive exactly the same session materials, have the same amount of contact time with a lifestyle coach, and interact in a group-based format,&#8221; Lutes said. &#8220;The major difference between the two treatment programs is that one is delivered over the Internet and one is delivered in-person.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As the study requires that each participant be randomly assigned to a group, Lutes said women should sign up for this study only if they are willing to be randomly assigned to either Internet or in-person treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Overall, we are trying to determine what types of weight loss delivery methods will help women lose weight and keep it off,&#8221; Lutes said.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about the study, including participation criteria, visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getactive.nau.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/getactive.nau.edu<\/a>\u00a0or contact Lutes at (928) 607-1854.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/study-seeks-women-for-weight-management-program\/\">The Health Psychology Department is seeking 60 female university employees ages 25-65 to participate in a free, randomized clinical trial for weight management to compare how in-person vs. Internet-based group therapy can help women lose weight. &#8220;With more than 65 percent of Americans either overweight or obese, identifying ways to help individuals lose or maintain&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-community"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}