Study: NCT00123435

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Nutritional counseling
Description: The nutritional counseling is based on the six-session Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol for Weight Management published by the American Dietetics Association. The categories include the following: a) Meal planning (food, hydration, fiber, alcohol), b) Food label reading, c) Recipe modification, d) Food preparation, e) Dining out and f) Physical activity.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR
Intervention: Walking program
Description: As part of the discussion of physical activity, participants in the control group will be encouraged to walk and dietitians will discuss goal setting using timed walks instead of total daily step-counts at each of the control group sessions. As a general guideline, participants will be encouraged to increase their daily walking target by 5-10 minutes (control group with time goals) or to increase their average daily step counts by 10-25% (pedometer group with step count goals) following each of the nutritional counseling sessions.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutritional counseling
Description: The nutritional counseling is based on the six-session Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol for Weight Management published by the American Dietetics Association. The categories include the following: a) Meal planning (food, hydration, fiber, alcohol), b) Food label reading, c) Recipe modification, d) Food preparation, e) Dining out and f) Physical activity.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Walking program
Description: As part of the discussion of physical activity, participants in the control group will be encouraged to walk and dietitians will discuss goal setting using timed walks instead of total daily step-counts at each of the control group sessions. As a general guideline, participants will be encouraged to increase their daily walking target by 5-10 minutes (control group with time goals) or to increase their average daily step counts by 10-25% (pedometer group with step count goals) following each of the nutritional counseling sessions.

Intervention type: DEVICE
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Simple pedometer
Description: Device to be worn during waking hours to give an objective measure of steps taken each day.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Nutritional counseling
Description: The nutritional counseling is based on the six-session Medical Nutrition Therapy Protocol for Weight Management published by the American Dietetics Association. The categories include the following: a) Meal planning (food, hydration, fiber, alcohol), b) Food label reading, c) Recipe modification, d) Food preparation, e) Dining out and f) Physical activity.

Intervention type: BEHAVIORAL
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Walking program
Description: As part of the discussion of physical activity, participants in the control group will be encouraged to walk and dietitians will discuss goal setting using timed walks instead of total daily step-counts at each of the control group sessions. As a general guideline, participants will be encouraged to increase their daily walking target by 5-10 minutes (control group with time goals) or to increase their average daily step counts by 10-25% (pedometer group with step count goals) following each of the nutritional counseling sessions.

Intervention type: DEVICE
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Simple pedometer
Description: Device to be worn during waking hours to give an objective measure of steps taken each day.

Intervention type: DEVICE
Group type: EXPERIMENTAL
Intervention: Enhanced pedometer
Description: Simple pedometer with the addition of web-based feedback.