Koa Family: California's Obesity Prevention Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Weight Loss, Diet Habit, Physical Activity, Overweight and Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn if a new whole-person lifestyle program improves the health of low-income mothers.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03605888

Run by

University of California, Davis

People needed

149

Starts

2018-08-16

Expected to finish

2020-06-26

Last updated by the study team

2020-07-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 47. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Comfortable speaking and reading English
• Primary caregiver for ≥1 child, aged 3-17, who lives at home
• Living in a low-income household (at or below 185% of the Federal Poverty Level)
• Living in the study site catchment area
• Ability to receive and send text messages
• BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2 for RCT study
• BMI ≥18.5 and <25 kg/m2 for exploratory study

You may not qualify if…

• Pregnant
• Breastfeeding
• Within 2 years postpartum
• Life-threatening illness
• Institutionalization (i.e., not free-living in the community)
• Moderate to severe mental illness
• Receiving nutrition therapy from a health or health care provider (licensed or unlicensed)
• Had or are considering bariatric surgery
• Medically diagnosed eating disorder
• Taking medication that affects weight
• Thyroid disease
• Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes without medical clearance from the participant's physician
• Plans to move away from study site catchment area during the one-year study period

Where it is running

• UC Davis Institute for Population Health Improvement — Sacramento, California, United States

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