TARGET P&F I: TARGETing Healthy Weight Loss in the Context of Food Insecurity
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
This pilot and feasibility study will collect information from food insecure, as well as food secure, women with obesity to detail their desires and needs for healthy weight reduction. Up to 60 women with obesity will be enrolled. Pennington Biomedical Research Center will coordinate this qualitative study and use focus groups discussion to collect formative data.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Food Insecure Women with Obesity 4 focus groups with 6-8 participants each |
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Food Secure Women with Obesity 2 focus groups with 6-8 participants each |
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Desires and needs for weight loss [Through study completion, up to 1 year]
Via focus group discussions, we will elicit in-depth information from women with food insecurity and obesity to detail their desires and needs for weight loss.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Willing to provide written informed consent
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Female
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18 to 65 years of age
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BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2
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Ability to read and write using English
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Willing to participate in focus group discussions
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Willing to be audio/video recorded
Exclusion Criteria:
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Male
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Currently pregnant
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BMI <30 kg/m2
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Pennington Biomedical Research Center | Baton Rouge | Louisiana | United States | 70808 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Candice A. Myers, PhD, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- PBRC 2022-039