Status:
COMPLETED
The Weight-Wise Weight Loss Translation Study
Lead Sponsor:
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Collaborating Sponsors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Davidson County Health Department
Conditions:
Overweight
Obesity
Eligibility:
FEMALE
40-64 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overall goal of the translational research is to evaluate the processes and outcomes of implementing, in a range of public health agencies, an intense, evidence-based behavioral weight loss interv...
Detailed Description
Low-income women in the US have the highest rates of overweight and obesity, putting them at increased risk for diabetes, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses. Because mean body mass index gradu...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- BMI between 27.5 and 45
- willing to lose 5% or more of initial body weight and follow recommendations for healthy dietary and PA patterns
- English-speaking
- able and willing to give informed consent
- household income less than or equal to 250% of federal poverty guidelines.
Exclusion
- medical or physical limitations to engaging in moderate level physical activity
- medical or other contraindications to weight loss
- history of gastric bypass surgery or scheduled surgery for this purpose
- weight loss of \> 20 lbs in the last 3 months
- current use of medication for weight loss
- treatment of psychosis
- diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
189 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01141348
Start Date
January 1 2009
End Date
January 1 2010
Last Update
June 10 2010
Active Locations (6)
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1
Albemarle Regional Health Services
Elizabeth City, North Carolina, United States, 27907
2
Davidson County Health Department
Lexington, North Carolina, United States, 27293
3
Lincoln County Health Department
Lincolnton, North Carolina, United States, 28092
4
Nash County Health Department
Nashville, North Carolina, United States, 27856