Steps Ahead, Adapting Physical Activity Guidelines for the Lower Mississippi Delta Population

Summary

The Lower Mississippi Delta (LMD) population is characterized by high levels of overweight and obesity, which are the result of long-term disruptions in energy imbalance where dietary energy intake has exceeded energy expenditure associated with physical activity. To address this issue, the overall goal of this project is to determine ways in which the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture Dietary Guidelines for Americans (2005) physical activity recommendations can be effectively adapted for the LMD population. Phase I of this study was completed in early 2011.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Adapted Dietary Guidelines

This group will receive dietary counseling to reduce their overall dietary food intake by 100 kcal/day, as prescribed by the dietary guidelines for the prevention of weight gain, and to follow an adapted eating pattern (to be determined from formative research in Phase I research). The education sessions will be organized into two phases: an initial adoption phase and a subsequent adherence phase. During the adoption phase, participants will meet for one session per week for the first four weeks. During this session their interim weight will be recorded before they receive their session. During the adherence phase, participants will be contacted by telephone biweekly by a trained interventionist.

BEHAVIORAL

Adapted Physical Activity Guidelines

The physical activity education sessions will be organized into two phases: an initial adoption phase and a subsequent adherence phase. The adoption phase will be for 1 hour and 45 minutes for the first 4 weeks with classes occurring once per week in conjunction with the DG education classes. During the adoption phase, participants monitor their own walking using pedometers and attend weekly group meetings to review the previous week's walking behaviors, discuss preferred strategies for success, and set personally relevant and incremental steps/day goals. During the adherence phase (the remaining 8 weeks), participants will continue with their self-monitoring and goal-setting (using their pedometers), with reduced contact with the study interventionists over the telephone (biweekly).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Peter T Katzmarzyk, PhD · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

35 Years

Max Age

64 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-03-31

Primary Completion

2013-08-31

Completion

2013-08-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations