This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.This is an application to explore a novel telephone-based technology: Therapeutic Interactive Voice Response (TIVR) as a tool to promote and maintain weight loss and reduce relapse rates after successful weight reduction in patients who are obese. We propose to revise this tool so as to augment and maintain the use of coping skills taught in behavioral group therapy for weight control. At the conclusion of an 18 week weight control behavioral therapy program, subjects will be randomized into two study conditions: Behavioral Therapy alone, or Behavioral Therapy Plus TIVR. Subjects in both groups will be assessed at the conclusion of the six-month TIVR trial, and six months later.
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