Weight Management in Rural Communities

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Weight Loss, Obesity, Body Weight

In brief

The goal of this study is to evaluate the effect of three weight management interventions (group phone conference calls, individual phone calls, and enhanced usual care) on weight across 18 months in overweight and obese adults recruited through and treated by rural primary care clinics.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02932748

Run by

University of Kansas

People needed

187

Starts

2017-01-01

Expected to finish

2021-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2024-03-08

Who can join

Age: 21 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body mass index 25 to 45 kg/m2
• Clearance from primary care physician

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to participate in moderate intensity physical activity
• Participation in weight loss or physical activity program in previous 6 months
• Greater than 3, 30-min bouts of planned exercise/week
• Not weight stable (+/-4.6 kg) for 3 months prior to intake
• Unwilling to be randomized to 1 of the 3 study groups
• Report being pregnant during the previous 6 months or planned pregnancy in the following 18 months
• Serious medical risk such as cancer, recent cardiac event
• Current use of antipsychotics or untreated depression
• Adherence to specialized diet regimens (food allergy, vegetarian, macrobiotic)
• Binge eating disorder
• Planning to movie to a location and no longer having access to rural clinic site

Where it is running

• Energy Balance Lab, The University of Kansas — Lawrence, Kansas, United States

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