TARGETing Healthy Weight Loss in the Context of Food Insecurity

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Food Insecurity; Body Weight; Obesity; Food Security

• Registration Number: NCT05601804
• Lead Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center

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.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-09-01
• Study First Submitted: 2022-10-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-10-26
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-01
• Status Verified: 2025-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-02-03
• Last Update Posted: 2025-02-04
• Primary Completion: 2025-12-31
• Study Completion: 2025-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 45

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center; 🇺🇸 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States