Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits (WATCH): An Acceptance-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Diverse Adolescents

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about cardiovascular disease risk among adolescent girls with overweight/obesity. The main questions this trial aims to answer are: 1. Does an acceptance-based healthy lifestyle intervention demonstrate more weight loss than a health education intervention? 2. Does an acceptance-based healthy lifestyle intervention show more improvements in participants' physiological, health-related, and psychological factors compared to a health education intervention? Participants in this trial will: 1. Engage in treatment for 6-months, comprising of a mixture of in-person and remote group sessions, occurring at Drexel University or over a video-conferencing platform. 2. Complete various assessments. These include self-reported questionnaires, measures of weight, height, body composition, blood pressure, and blood lipids, and wearing of smart watches to measure sleep and physical activity. Researchers will compare the acceptance-based and health education intervention groups to see if the acceptance-based treatment will indeed be effective in improving participants' health outcomes.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: Female
Minimum Age: 14
Maximum Age: 19
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• Ages 14-19

• Gender identification as girl

• BMI percentile ≥ 85th percentile for sex-and-age

Locations
United States
Pennsylvania
Drexel University
RECRUITING
Philadelphia
Contact Information
Primary
Stephanie Manasse, PhD
smm522@drexel.edu
215-553-7157
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-02-14
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-01-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 148
Treatments
Experimental: Acceptance-based Treatment (ABT)
ABT will consist of 18, 90-minute group sessions over 6 months.
Sham_comparator: Health Education (HE) Comparison
HE will include nine, 75-minute group health education sessions handouts over 6 months.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: Drexel University

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