SCALE: Small Changes and Lasting Effects
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity
In brief
The goal of this study is to translate basic behavioral and social science discoveries into effective behavioral interventions that reduce obesity and obesity related morbidity in Black and Latino communities. This intervention will focus on promoting small changes in eating behavior and increasing physical activity among Black and Latino participants in Harlem and the South Bronx. The desired result from these activities is individual weight loss that will be sustained years after participation in the study.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01198990
- Run by
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- People needed
- 405
- Starts
- 2009-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2014-09-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-02-23
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 100. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Eligibility Criteria:
- Black or Latino community-dwelling subjects who are 21 years or older and have a body mass index of >25 but <50 or considered to be obese or overweight are be eligible for study participation. All participants must be able to participate in physical activity and Must be fluent in English or Spanish.
You may not qualify if…
- Subjects will be excluded if:
- Unable to provide informed consent in either English or Spanish for any reason, including cognitive impairment, psychiatric illness, drug or alcohol addiction
- Pregnant or are planning to become pregnant within the year
- Participating in another weight loss program or trial
- On medications for obesity
- Have a history of bulimia;
- history of surgery for obesity;
- Have severe comorbid diseases that can lead to unintentional weight change including cancer, HIV/AIDS, congestive heart failure.
- They live in an institutional setting (nursing home, prison or group home).
- Have severe disease or are terminally ill, including stroke, myocardial infarction, coronary artery disease requiring angioplasty.
Where it is running
- Renaissance Health Care Network — New York, New York, United States
- Abyssinian Baptist Church — New York, New York, United States
- Metropolitan Methodist Church — New York, New York, United States
- Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
- East Side House Settlement — The Bronx, New York, United States
- Iglesia Congregacion Cristiana del Bronx — The Bronx, New York, United States
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