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Reducing Obesity in Underserved Postpartum African American Women

NCT02448563 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 128

Last updated 2017-08-09

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Summary

In this proposal, the investigators will develop a culturally-tailored, 8-week clinic-based weight loss program to reduce obesity among postpartum African American (AA) adult women that can be integrated into a postpartum care model within a clinical setting.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition and physical activity education

Eight weekly in-person groups

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Boston Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caroline M. Apovian, MD · Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-08-31
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

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