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HealthyWE: Achieving a Healthy Weight and Reducing Pain

NCT07095673 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 89

Last updated 2026-04-16

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Summary

The goal of this project was to reduce and manage obesity and increase self-efficacy for keeping a healthy weight and improve pain, quality of life, and mental health symptoms among 60 adults aged 19 and older in Camden City, New Jersey. The City of Camden has an adult obesity rate of 44.1%. Obesity and aging are significant contributing factors to increased utilizations of healthcare services. Obesity is a major risk factor for non-communicable illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, pain, and mental health. Physical activity is effective in reducing and managing obesity. However, personal barriers (e.g., lack of time for physical activity, physical capability to perform physical activities, competing demands), built environment (e.g., safe spaces for physical activities), climate changes (e.g., heat waves and extreme weather which prevent outdoor physical activities), and systematic barriers (e.g., intervention availability) hamper obesity prevention and management in older adult population. To help older adults keep a healthy weight, our team has adapted and delivered the effective person-centered integrative interventions: HealthyWE: Keeping a Healthy Weight program to older adults in Camden New Jersey. Completion of the project will build a strong community capacity in Camden to sustain a community effort to reduce obesity and pain.

Conditions

  • Obesity &Amp; Overweight

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

HealthyWE

Following baseline assessment, 60 residents will be enrolled in HealthyWE Corps program. HealthyWE Corps includes training sessions on keeping a healthy weight, healthy diet, and mental health wellness. The content of the HealthyWE protocol was carefully designed choosing skills shown to be efficacious in keeping a healthy weight and reducing pain. Self-efficacy theory guides the intervention. Behavioral interventions for reducing and managing obesity focus on building adults' self-management skills to be implemented in their daily lives. To achieve the therapeutic effects, individuals have to execute self-management skills in their daily lives. Self-efficacy is defined as a person's belief in his/her ability to perform specific skills to reduce and manage obesity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thomas A Dahan, PhD · Rutgers, the State University of NJ

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-06-20
Primary Completion
2025-08-30
Completion
2025-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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