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Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program
Sponsor: Weill Medical College of Cornell University
Summary
This trial aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of addressing interpersonal barriers to weight-related behavior change. Specifically, the study will test if, by including up to two friends, family members, or co-workers in a lifestyle intervention for weight loss, the person enrolled in the study loses more weight than someone whose friends, family members, or co-workers were not invited to participate.
Official title: Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST): Randomized Control Trial
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
264
Start Date
2024-04-05
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2026-04-01
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Social Network Intervention
Social Network interventions are an intentional effort to modify or use the characteristics of social networks to improve, generate, and maintain healthy behaviors among individuals and populations. This study will focus on implementing a behavioral social-network intervention to promote changes in weight loss behaviors.
Individual Lifestyle Intervention
The individual lifestyle intervention will serve as the control group and will implement the use of DPP based health coaching sessions to promote individual level changes in weight loss behaviors.
Social Network Member
The social network member will serve as the friend, family member, or co-worker nominated to participate in the social network intervention by the social network intervention participant.
Locations (1)
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York, United States