MOVE OUT: A Partnership With Veterans Groups to Enhance Weight Management in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight, Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus

In brief

Obesity has been linked to several serious medical conditions, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and poor cholesterol levels. For this reason, obesity is likely the most important single contributor to cardiovascular mortality in the United States. Fortunately, intensive weight management programs are an effective treatment for obesity. Such programs help people lose weight and improve their measures of cardiac risk. In response to the growing numbers of obese Veterans being treated at Veterans Health Administration (VHA) facilities, the VHA developed the MOVE! Program. Veterans who commit to MOVE! and participate actively do lose weight. Unfortunately, MOVE!, like other weight management programs, requires its participants to attend classes and to exercise, often at locations and times that are inconvenient. The investigators propose to make it easier for eligible patients at the Zablocki Veterans Affairs Medical Center (ZVAMC) to participate by offering MOVE-style classes and exercise groups at a variety of locations, days, and times. The investigators' program-MOVE OUT-may provide a model for VHA to use nationwide.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01339390

Run by

VA Office of Research and Development

People needed

3169

Starts

2012-04-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-28

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Visit to ZVAMC primary provider within 3 months
• BMI >= 30 OR BMI >= 25 and Hypertension or Diabetes Mellitus
• No scheduled appointment for a MOVE program clinic
• Age <= 75 years
• Live in targeted geographic region

You may not qualify if…

• None

Where it is running

• Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, WI — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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