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Address Obesity to Reduce Cancer Risk and Health Disparities in Rural Ohio
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Dietary Counseling and Surveillance, Exercise Intervention, and 3 other interventions for Obesity-Related Malignant Neoplasm. Completed, enrolled 40 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
This study determines the feasibility of a telephone-based weight lost intervention in reducing cancer risk and health disparities in rural Ohio. Obesity is the leading preventable cause of cancer, and obesity-related inflammation is linked to elevated cancer risk, independent of obesity itself. Rural populations are a vulnerable population in need of increased access to tailored strategies and benefit from weight loss interventions. This study aims to see whether a telephone-based intervention may help obese people in rural area to reduce body weight, so as to prevent obesity-related cancer.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Receive dietary recommendations
Complete home exercises
Receive education brochures
Ancillary studies
Receive telephone-based weight loss intervention