The major goal of this project is to evaluate an innovative approach to obesity involving modification of the home environment. The project also will evaluate if home environment modification is more effective when supplemented with distress tolerance and related skills training.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
238
Standard behavioral treatment for weight loss and weight loss maintenance.
Standard behavioral therapy with an emphasis on environmental strategies.
Behavioral therapy with acceptance-based and environmental strategies.
Drexel University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Change in Body Weight
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months
Change in Physical Activity
Objectively measured physical activity will be recorded at each time point.
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months
Change in Nutritional Intake
Measured by 24-hour food recall
Time frame: Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
Change in Psychosocial Status
Time frame: Baseline, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months
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