Health Effects of a 12-Week Web-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Physically Inactive and Overweight or Obese Adults: Study Protocol of Two Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials.

ABSTRACT: Web-based lifestyle interventions have attracted considerable research interest. Available evidence on such interventions suggests health-promoting effects, but further research is needed. Therefore, this study aims to investigate short-, medium-, and long-term health effects of a web-based health program ("TK-HealthCoach", TK-HC) offered by a national statutory health insurance fund (Techniker Krankenkasse, TK). The study comprises two randomized controlled clinical trials to evaluate the health goals "Increasing Fitness" (F_clin) and "Losing and Maintaining Weight" (W_clin). A total of n = 186 physically inactive (F_clin) and n = 150 overweight or obese (W_clin) adults will be randomly assigned to a 12-week interactive (TK-HC) or non-

SUBMITTER: Brame J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8835149 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature