MUSC Weight Management and WW conducting research study
April 3, 2019
The Medical University of South Carolina Weight Management Center and WW (formerly Weight Watchers) are conducting a clinical research study for men and women who are overweight or obese and otherwise generally healthy.
There is no charge for participation. To be in the study, you must own an iPhone version iOS 8.0 (or later) and have at least 600 MB of available storage, as the app built for this study requires this capacity.
To qualify, you must be between the ages of 18 and 75, overweight or obese, not have any other significant illnesses or diseases (such as diabetes or heart disease), not be taking any medications for weight loss and meet other criteria. Qualified participants will attend WW workshops led by WW coaches to learn strategies for building healthy habits. Participants will also use a WW app to track eating, physical activity and weight.
The study requires a six-month commitment and 28 in-person visits. For more information, please call 843-792-5577 or email to [email protected].
About MUSC
Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is the oldest medical school in the South, as well as the state’s only integrated, academic health sciences center with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 700 residents in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The state’s leader in obtaining biomedical research funds, in fiscal year 2018, MUSC set a new high, bringing in more than $276.5 million. For information on academic programs, visit http://musc.edu.
As the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality patient care available, while training generations of competent, compassionate health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Comprising some 1,600 beds, more than 100 outreach sites, the MUSC College of Medicine, the physicians’ practice plan, and nearly 275 telehealth locations, MUSC Health owns and operates eight hospitals situated in Charleston, Chester, Florence, Lancaster and Marion counties. In 2018, for the fourth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the number one hospital in South Carolina. To learn more about clinical patient services, visit http://muschealth.org.
MUSC and its affiliates have collective annual budgets of $3 billion. The more than 17,000 MUSC team members include world-class faculty, physicians, specialty providers and scientists who deliver groundbreaking education, research, technology and patient care.
