Weight Maintenance Study for 2007 Shape UP RI Participants

Inclusion criteria

• Are 18 years or older
• Lost 10 or more pounds during the 2007 Shape Up RI program
• Want to learn skills to maintain your weight loss
• Can come to the Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center located at 196 Richmond Street in the "The Jewelry District" of Providence for a baseline assessment visit in mid-May/mid-June and final assessment visit in mid-October.
• Agree to be randomly assigned (which means you cannot choose) to one of the three weight loss maintenance interventions: General Education, Increased Physical Activity, or Self-Regulation
• Available to take part in six 30-minute conference calls on either a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday starting at noon or 12:30pm. You will be given a toll-free call-in number so you can call from any location. The calls would be weekly for 4 weeks starting in June, and then there would be one call in mid-August and one in mid-September.

Exclusion criteria

• Not 18 or more years old.
• Did not participate in the 2007 Shape UP RI program
• Participated in 2007 Shape Up RI but lost less than 10 pounds in the program.
• Currently or plan to become pregnant in the next 4 months.
• Currently participating in another weight loss or exercise study.
• Not available to take part in six 30-minute conference calls on either a Monday, Tuesday or Thursday starting at noon or 12:30pm. The calls would be weekly for 4 weeks starting in June, and then there would be one call in mid-August and one in mid-September.