Adults Regulating Their Weight Everyday With Mobile Internet Support

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD · Mar 15, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

The ARTEMIS trial is a study looking at how a mobile app can help adults with obesity manage their weight more effectively. The app aims to support users in making healthier choices and developing better habits to regulate their weight every day. This trial is currently active but not recruiting new participants.

To join the study, you need to be at least 18 years old, live with obesity (which means having a body mass index or BMI of 30 or higher, or 27.5 or higher for certain ethnic groups), and be a full-time resident of the UK. Participants should also have access to the internet and a smartphone, as well as a digital weighing scale. It's important that you are not currently in another weight management program or study, haven’t lost a significant amount of weight recently, and are not planning to have weight-loss surgery in the near future. If you join, you’ll be using the app to track your progress and receive support, helping you work towards your weight loss goals in a structured way.

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Eligibility criteria

• Participation is open to those who meet the following eligibility criteria:
• • aged ≥ 18 years;
• • living with obesity (BMI ≥ 30 if of white ethnicity; ≥ 27.5 for all other ethnic groups);
• • full- time residents in the UK, without the intention to move outside the UK within the next 12 months;
• • able to access the internet with a smartphone;
• • able to access and use a digital weighing scale;
• • can understand English;
• • not presently signed up with an intention to attend, or have in the previous three months attended, a weight management programme;
• • not currently participating in another weight management study;
• • not lost \> 5 kg (10 pounds) body weight in the previous six months;
• • not undergone bariatric surgery, or presently scheduled to have bariatric surgery;
• • not pregnant, or planning a pregnancy in the next 12 months;
• • not previously been diagnosed with an eating disorder;
• • not recently been diagnosed with a disease, or expected to undergo treatment for a disease, associated with substantial weight loss e.g., cancer treatment.