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Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program

Description

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.

Conditions

Obesity
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Obesity

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Study Details

Study overview

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.

Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST): Randomized Control Trial

Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties Program

Condition
Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Brooklyn

Weill Cornell Urology, Brooklyn, New York, United States, 11217

New York

Weill Cornell Internal Medicine Associates, New York, New York, United States, 10021

New York

Weill Cornell Primary Care at Lower Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, 10038

New York

Weill Cornell Urology, New York, New York, United States, 10065

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Index Participant:
  • 1. Black race or Hispanic ethnicity
  • 2. Male or Female 18 years of age or older
  • 3. Calculated BMI \> 30kg/m2 from objectively measured height and weight by study staff
  • 4. Access \& willingness to use program food intake app via home computer or a smartphone
  • 5. Ability to identify at least one adult social network member who will participate in the study
  • * Social Network Member:
  • 1. Male or Female 18 years of age or older
  • 2. Access to the internet or a smartphone
  • * Index Participant:
  • 1. Active enrollment in a weight-loss program, use of weight-loss medications, or planning weight-loss surgery
  • 2. Advanced medical illness, dementia, hospitalization, injury, or pregnancy that inhibits regular physical activity
  • 3. Contraindications to exercise based on the Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire or lack of clearance from a health care provider
  • 4. Unresolved Food insecurity
  • 5. Speaks a language other than English or Spanish
  • * Social Network Member:
  • 1. Speaks a language other than English or Spanish

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Weill Medical College of Cornell University,

Erica G Phillips, MD, MS, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Weill Medical College of Cornell University

Study Record Dates

2026-03