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Developing a Weight Management Class as a Recruitment Tool for an Online Weight Loss Program to Rural Illinois Residents

NCT06406985 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2025-06-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify how to maintain a sustainable collaboration Illinois Extension Nutrition and Wellness Educators while continuing to offer an online weight-loss program, EMPOWER, to rural Illinois residents.

* The primary aim of the study is to determine if an Extension-delivered introductory weight management class will be successful in recruiting rural individuals interested in losing weight to the EMPOWER weight-loss program.
* The secondary aim is to enroll interested rural participants in an online weight loss intervention that focuses on promoting dietary and lifestyle behavioral changes to achieve ≥5 percent weight loss.

Participants who participate in the EMPOWER weight-loss intervention will:

1. Complete 12 online educational sessions over a 3-month period followed by a 9-month follow-up period.
2. Participate in daily self-weighing using a provided WiFi-enabled scale.
3. Will have a monthly nutrition coaching call once per month for the 12-month duration of the study.
4. Will complete food records and self-report waist and hip circumference measures at baseline, 3-months, and 12-months.

Conditions

  • Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Weight-loss through dietary and lifestyle changes

Weight-loss participants will complete one online, self-paced education session each week for 12 weeks. Education sessions focus on topics such as self-monitoring weight, meal routines, and dietary habits with an emphasis on protein and fiber intake. During these 12 weeks, participants will receive weekly messages from nutrition coaches as well as a monthly nutrition coaching call. After the first 12 weeks, participants will enter a follow-up period where nutrition coaching messaging will occur as needed and with the opportunity to still participate in a monthly nutrition coaching call. Participants are asked to weigh daily on a provided WiFi scale that automatically uploads their weight data to a website for researchers and coaches to monitor. Participants will also submit food records and self-reported weight and hip circumferences.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-07
Primary Completion
2025-12-31
Completion
2025-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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