Healthy Body Healthy Souls: A Weight Loss Intervention Using Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention (DPP-LI) With Church Level Systems Change in the Marshallese Population



Status:Enrolling by invitation
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:10/19/2018
Start Date:September 30, 2018
End Date:October 2019

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
The study aim is to pilot test and compare the effectiveness of achieving weight loss between
implementation of: 1) the Diabetes Prevention Program Lifestyle Intervention (DPP-LI) and 2)
Healthy Bodies Healthy Souls (HBHS) intervention which includes the same DPP-LI with the
additional enhancement of working with Marshallese churches to implement
organizational/institutional level changes to support the individual behavioral intervention
of the DPP-LI.


Inclusion Criteria:

1. Self-reported Marshallese

2. 18 years of age or older

3. Have a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kg/m2

Exclusion Criteria:

1. A clinically significant medical condition likely to impact weight (cancer, HIV/AIDS,
etc.)

2. Currently pregnant or breastfeeding an infant who is 6 months old or younger.

3. Have any condition that makes it unlikely that the participant will be able to follow
the protocol, such as terminal illness, plans to move out of the area within 6 months,
and inability to finish the intervention, etc.
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Northwest
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