Sugar Champ: Pilot Social Network Intervention to Reduce Intake of Sugary Drinks

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Conditions studied: Overweight and Obesity

In brief

The 1.2 million households living in public housing are disproportionately affected by obesity, where prevalence is estimated at 50%. An ecologic framework hypothesizes that this disparity is related, in part, to social and environmental factors within these neighborhoods that influence residents' lifestyles. Social networks and the built environment may work together to promote or inhibit lifestyle behaviors; however, combined social network-built environment interventions have not previously targeted changes in diet. Investigators hypothesize that an intervention that combines a social network approach with strategies that address public housing residents' challenges related to the built environment will improve dietary habits. The investigators' overall aim is to develop a combined social network-built environment intervention to reduce intake of beverages high in added sugars and to pilot test the intervention among residents of public housing developments in Baltimore, MD. The investigators' aim for this work is: 1) To develop a combined social network-built environment intervention to reduce intake of beverages high in added sugars and to pilot test the intervention among residents of public housing developments in Baltimore, MD. Investigators hypothesize that a social network intervention will be feasible and acceptable in promoting healthy lifestyle change, and that this intervention will alter lifestyle behaviors among public housing residents.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02138240

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

34

Starts

2017-01-15

Expected to finish

2017-11-20

Last updated by the study team

2019-07-09

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 80. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• At least 18 years old
• BMI≥25 kg/m2
• Must consume sugar-sweetened beverages at least twice daily
• "Peer Educators" must identify one high-risk alter in the social network to enroll as "Sidekick"
• Resides in select public housing developments in Baltimore, MD

You may not qualify if…

• Any underlying medical conditions that could seriously reduce life expectancy, ability to participate in the trial, or for which lifestyle change may be contraindicated and/or require medical supervision by a physician such as medication-dependent diabetes mellitus, cancer, lung disease requiring supplemental oxygen, dementia, angina, or diagnosis in the last 12 months of myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack or stroke
• Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding

Where it is running

• Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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