title: Determinants of weight gain prevention in young adult and midlife women: study design and protocol of a randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Treatment of overweight and obesity through body weight reduction has been monumentally ineffective as few individuals are able to sustain weight loss. Rather than treating weight gain once it has become problematic, prevention of weight gain over time may be more effective.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this research is to preclude the burden of adult obesity in women by identifying the determinants of weight gain prevention. The objective of this randomized controlled trial (RCT) is to compare a weight gain prevention intervention delivered by the registered dietitian versus counselor.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a 12-month parallel-arm weight gain prevention RCT designed to increase self-efficacy, self-regulation, outcome expectations and family and social support through the use of a nutrition education intervention in women, aged 18-45 years, from the Urbana-Champaign (Illinois, USA) area. Women have been randomized to registered dietitian, counselor or wait-list control groups (August 2014) and are undergoing weekly nutrition education sessions for four months, followed by monthly sessions for eight months (through August 2015). Outcome measures, including: (1) dietary intake, (2) physical activity, (3) anthropometric and blood pressure measurements, (4) biochemical markers of health, (5) eating behaviors and health perceptions, and (6) mediators of behavior change, were collected before the intervention began (baseline) and will be collected at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months of the study.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In total, 87 women have been randomized to intervention groups, and 81 women have completed first week of the study. Results are expected in early 2016.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This RCT is one of the first to examine weight gain prevention in women across normal, overweight, and obese body mass index categories. Results of this research are expected to have application to evidence-based practice in weight gain prevention for women and possibly have implication for policy regarding decreasing the encumbrance of overweight and obesity in the United States.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Urbana, IL, United States.
authors.forename: Catherine J
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1280-8993
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Metzgar
authors.forename: Sharon M
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3462-9790
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Nickols-Richardson
keywords: body weight; weight gain prevention; weight maintenance; women
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