Clinical Trials

Inclusion Criteria: 

• Adults with obesity (BMI >30Kg/m2); these will be otherwise healthy individuals with no unstable psychiatric disease and uncontrolled life-threatening comorbidities (i.e., unstable angina).
• Age: 18-65 years old. 
• Gender: Men or women.

Exclusion Criteria: 

• Weight change greater than 3% in the previous 3 months (weight stable).
• History of bariatric surgery including lap band and bariatric endoscopy. 
• Significant untreated psychiatric dysfunction including binge eating disorders and bulimia.
• Current use of anti-obesity pharmacotherapy, medications known to affect weight (e.g., corticosteroids) or GLP-1 agonist/analog for T2DM.
• A positive score on the AUDIT-C questionnaire as judged by an investigator. 
• Patient has a known history of any condition or factor judged by the investigator to preclude participation in the study or which might hinder study adherence.