TARGETing Healthy Weight Loss in the Context of Food Insecurity

TARGETing Healthy Weight Loss in the Context of Food Insecurity Pilot and Feasibility Trial I

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT05601804

Acronym

TARGET P&F I

Enrollment

Registered

2022-11-01

Start date

2022-09-01

Completion date

2025-12-31

Last updated

2025-02-04

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Body Weight, Food Insecurity, Food Security, Obesity

Keywords

Food Insecurity, Obesity, Weight Loss

Brief summary

This pilot and feasibility study will collect information from food insecure, as well as food secure, women with obesity to detail their desires and needs for healthy weight reduction. Up to 60 women with obesity will be enrolled. Pennington Biomedical Research Center will coordinate this qualitative study and use focus groups discussion to collect formative data.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

FEMALE

Age

18 Years to 65 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Willing to provide written informed consent * Female * 18 to 65 years of age * BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2 * Ability to read and write using English * Willing to participate in focus group discussions * Willing to be audio/video recorded

Exclusion criteria

* Male * Currently pregnant * BMI \<30 kg/m2

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Desires and needs for weight loss	Through study completion, up to 1 year	Via focus group discussions, we will elicit in-depth information from women with food insecurity and obesity to detail their desires and needs for weight loss.

Countries

United States

Outcome results