Healthy Creations: Community Based Lifestyle Intervention Validation

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Lifestyle Counseling

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT01262313

GFHNRC019

Details and patient eligibility

About

There remain important barriers to the translation of the programs like the Diabetes Prevention Program to public health. There is a lack of established lifestyle intervention programs as they are resource and time intensive, exceeding both the resources and the training of most primary care providers. A solution may be the implementation of lifestyle intervention programs in the community setting that are unrelated to primary medical care. A community based program at a public facility may extend the reach of lifestyle intervention to those unable to obtain these services from an established medical facility. Community lifestyle intervention to modify dietary, physical activity, and behavioral factors may be a promising strategy for weight management and the reduction of risk for metabolic disease. In this validation study we will assess pre and post intervention to identify whether measurable changes can be detected in body weight, body composition, markers of metabolic disease and quality of life after participation in the "Healthy Creations", a community based lifestyle intervention program presented by Center Court Fitness Center of the Grand Forks Park District and Altru Health System.

Enrollment: 46 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• overweight or Class I and II obese
• live in Grand Forks, ND area

Exclusion criteria

• history of eating disorder
• pregnancy
• inability to understand English or give consent
• uncontrolled medical condition

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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46 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

Sham Comparator group

Description:

The Control group will have an hour-long meeting of instruction by a registered dietitian on using the provided "A Healthier You: Everyday Healthy Eating and Physical Activity for Life" book, based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2005.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle Counseling

lifestyle counseling intervention

Experimental group

Description:

This group will participate in the weekly "Healthy Creations" classes for 8 weeks presented by a Registered Dietitian and a certified fitness trainer. This is a community based lifestyle intervention program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Lifestyle Counseling