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Journey to Better Health

NCT02938312 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 409

Last updated 2016-10-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is being conducted in 8 rural counties in Alabama and Mississippi (4 per state). Approximately 400 overweight or obese African American women living in the selected counties will participate in a 2-year weight loss study.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Loss Only

Participants will attend in-person weekly sessions (about 1.5 hours each) for 6 months and then twice a month for 3 months and monthly for 3 months. Sessions focus on behavioral techniques supporting healthy diet (including calorie restriction for weight loss) and achieving recommended amounts of physical activity per week. During 1-year weight loss maintenance, participants receive monthly motivational phone calls.

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Loss Plus

Participants attend in-person meetings as described above. This condition also includes community-wide strategies to increase access to healthy affordable food and safe opportunities for physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
30 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-08-31
Primary Completion
2015-04-30
Completion
2015-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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