Make Better Choices 2 for Rural Appalachians

Description

The program consists of four interconnected components: (1) app, (2) accelerometer, (3) health coaching, and (4) behavioral incentives to increase food and vegetable intake, reduce saturated fat intake, increase physical activity, and decrease sedentary screen time among adults Appalachia Kentuckians.

Conditions

Health Behavior

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Study overview

The program consists of four interconnected components: (1) app, (2) accelerometer, (3) health coaching, and (4) behavioral incentives to increase food and vegetable intake, reduce saturated fat intake, increase physical activity, and decrease sedentary screen time among adults Appalachia Kentuckians.

Implementing the Make Better Choices 2 mHealth Energy Balance Intervention for Rural Appalachians

Make Better Choices 2 for Rural Appalachians

Condition
Health Behavior
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Benham

MBC2 Field Office, Benham, Kentucky, United States, 40807

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

  • * adults residing in Appalachian Kentucky
  • * willingness to use smart phone to record and modify diet and activity
  • * willingness to wear an accelerometer
  • * consume \<4.5 cups fruit/vegetables daily
  • * consume \>8% daily calories from fat
  • * engage in \<150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity weekly
  • * spend \>90 minutes daily on non-work, non-education-related sedentary recreational use of screen time.
  • * unstable medical conditions
  • * cognitive impairment
  • * hospitalization for psychiatric disorder within the last 5 years
  • * active suicidal ideation
  • * substance use disorder other than nicotine dependence
  • * at risk for adverse cardiovascular events with moderate-intensity activity
  • * taking weight loss medication
  • * trying to get pregnant, pregnant or lactating
  • * active eating disorders
  • * using mobility assistive devices
  • * inability to read study materials

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to 100 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Nancy Schoenberg,

Study Record Dates

2024-12-30