Status:

COMPLETED

Diet and Exercise for Underserved Women

Lead Sponsor:

University of South Carolina

Conditions:

Obesity

Eligibility:

FEMALE

25-50 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose is to determine if a culturally tailored diet and exercise intervention of 16 weekly sessions with 8 weeks of followup phone support is effective in reducing waist circumference, weight, a...

Detailed Description

Overweight and obesity disproportionately impact economically disadvantaged and minority women. Overweight and obese women ages 25 to 50 are recruited from Census tracts with 25% or more residents liv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 25-50 years of age
  • live in Census tracts with 25% or more below poverty in Columbia, SC
  • waist circumference \>88 cm

Exclusion

  • insulin-dependent
  • pregnant
  • moderate exercise contraindicated
  • not in control of food choices \[institutional setting or restricted diet\]
  • uncontrolled hypertension
  • weight \>430 pounds

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

180 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01172340

Start Date

August 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2011

Last Update

April 22 2019

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Prevention Research Center, University of South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29208