Remote Delivery of Weight Management for Adults With IDD
Status: | Recruiting |
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Conditions: | Cognitive Studies, Obesity Weight Loss |
Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology, Psychiatry / Psychology |
Healthy: | No |
Age Range: | 18 - Any |
Updated: | 3/28/2019 |
Start Date: | February 21, 2018 |
End Date: | December 2021 |
Contact: | Lauren T Ptomey, PhD, RD, LD |
Email: | LPtomey@kumc.edu |
Phone: | 913-588-7983 |
Remote Delivery of Weight Management for Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD)
The purpose of this study is to compare different weight loss programs in people with IDD to
see which program works better.
see which program works better.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of mild to moderate IDD as determined by a Community Service Provider
operating in Kansas under the auspices of a Community Developmental Disability
Organization (CDDO). Participants will be judged competent to provide informed consent
by their CDDO, or will have a guardian with power of attorney.
- Ability to provide assent, regardless of guardian consent.
- BMI of 25 to 45 kg/m2
- Sufficient functional ability to understand directions, communicate preferences (e.g.
foods), wants (e.g. more to eat/drink), and needs (e.g. assistance with food
preparation) through spoken language
- Living at home with a parent/guardian, or in a supported living environment with a
caregiver who assists with food shopping, meal planning, and meal preparation and
agrees to serve as a study partner
- No plans to relocate outside the study area over the next 24 months
- Internet access in the home
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to participate in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
- Insulin dependent diabetes
- Participation in a weight management program involving diet and physical activity in
the past 6 months
- Serious food allergies, consuming special diets (vegetarian, Atkins etc.), aversion to
common foods (e.g., unwilling to consume dairy products, vegetables), diagnosis of
Prader-Willi Syndrome
- Pregnancy during the previous 6 months, currently lactating or planned pregnancy in
the following 24 months.
- Serious medical risk, e.g., cancer, recent heart attack, stroke, angioplasty
- Unwilling to be randomized.
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