The Use of Podcasting and Mobile Media to Promote Weight Loss and Increase Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Overweight Adults

Inclusion Criteria:

- be between the ages of 18-60 years old

- be a non-smoker

- live in the Chapel Hill, NC area

- be able to attend monitoring visits at baseline, 3-months, and 6-months

- have access to the Internet and a computer

- have access to an Internet-capable mobile device (such as an iPhone, iPod Touch, or
Blackberry) and an MP3 player (this may be the same device)

- have access to a scale for self-monitoring weight

- be willing to be randomized to either group

- be free of psychiatric diseases, drug or alcohol dependency, or uncontrolled thyroid
conditions

- be free of major health conditions, such as heart conditions, diabetes, and past
incidence of stroke

- have MD consent for participation if currently on blood pressure medications, have
issues with dizziness, or have bone or joint issues.

- able to prepare all their own meals (i.e. not living on-campus)

Exclusion Criteria:

- should not be pregnant, anticipating on becoming pregnant in the next 7 months, or
currently breastfeeding

- be free of an eating disorder as screened by the Eating disorder Screen for Primary
care [ESP].

- no current participation in a weight loss program or taking weight loss medications
(although participants may be trying to lose weight on their own)

- have not participated in previous podcasting weight loss research