Small Changes a One Year Protocol for Weight Management

Study Protocol: Small Changes, a One-year Weight Management Intervention for Adults Who Are Overweight or Obese

A trial comparing Treatment as usual with Motivational Interviewing focussed treatment in the 'Small Changes' programme.

A quasi-experimental design. With one arm focussed on 'treatment as usual' and the other on Motivational Interviewing. Subjects were not randomly assigned but treated as two separate cohorts one Running October 2011-October 2012 using the Treatment as usual and a separate cohort running from October 2012 to October -2013 using motivational interviewing as the approach for treatment.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Body Mass index equal to or greater than 30 kgm2