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SCALE: Small Changes and Lasting Effects

NCT01198990 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 405

Last updated 2017-02-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to translate basic behavioral and social science discoveries into effective behavioral interventions that reduce obesity and obesity related morbidity in Black and Latino communities. This intervention will focus on promoting small changes in eating behavior and increasing physical activity among Black and Latino participants in Harlem and the South Bronx. The desired result from these activities is individual weight loss that will be sustained years after participation in the study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group 1

Subjects will be randomized to the small change eating strategy, a physical activity goal and will receive the positive affect/self affirmation component.

BEHAVIORAL

Group 2

Subjects will be randomized to the small change eating strategy and a physical activity goal.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Weill Medical College of Cornell University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mary Charlson, MD · Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Max Age
100 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-10-31
Primary Completion
2014-09-30
Completion
2014-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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