Deaf Weight Wise 2.0: A Healthy Lifestyle Intervention With Deaf Adults Who Are Overweight or Obese

Inclusion Criteria:

- Deaf men and women ages 21-70 years who use sign language and live in the Rochester
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA),

- have a body mass index (BMI) of 25-45.

- Eligible subjects must also have permission to participate from a primary healthcare
provider if: 1) self-reported diagnosis of a recent cardiovascular disease event
(heart attack or stroke in past 6 months), 2) self-reported heart condition, chest
pain, dizziness, or other reason not to participate in physical activity, 3) had
weight loss surgery in the previous 2 years (self-reported), and 4) are pregnant
(self-reported).

- Subjects must also be willing to follow a healthy dietary pattern and to abstain from
using weight loss medications during the study, and be willing and able to attend
either group or videophone sessions, and to participate in data collection
requirements.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Exclusion criteria include: subjects without medical clearance who had 1) a
cardiovascular disease event in the past six months, 2) or heart condition, chest
pain, dizziness, or other reason not to participate in physical activity, 3) or weight
loss surgery in the past two years, or 4) are pregnant. Participants with these
conditions (as determined by the PAR-Q Physical Activity Readiness-Questionnaire and
other questions administered during the initial study screening visit) must obtain
medical clearance from their primary healthcare clinician (or maternity care clinician
for pregnancy) to be eligible. Those who are unable or unwilling to provide written,
informed consent, and inability to see and interact with computer-based questionnaires
and educational interventions will be excluded.