NCT04490356

Enhancing Physical Function in the Long-term for Older Adults

A Novel Telehealth Intervention Using Nutrition and Exercise to Extend Intervention Benefits: Enhancing Physical Function in the Long-term for Obese Older Adults

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Duke University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The intervention being studied is a 12-week nutrition and physical activity intervention, delivered using videoconference technology by registered dietitian clinicians to maintain weight loss and functional gains in older adults who successfully completed a weight loss intervention. The "Legacy Intervention" will include cognitive behavioral strategies (e.g., goal setting, self-monitoring, and social support), and draw upon a toolbox of e-approaches, including daily and weekly text reminders, virtual exercise classes, virtual individual and group nutrition classes, and step tracking device.

Conditions

• Weight Loss Maintenance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Legacy Intervention	The Legacy intervention is a nutrition and exercise protocol delivered using video conference technology. The Legacy protocol incorporates behavioral strategies along with nutrition and exercise to maintain and extend functional benefits of obesity treatment.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-26
• Primary completion: 2022-09-16
• Completion: 2022-09-16
• First posted: 2020-07-29
• Last updated: 2025-06-26
• Results posted: 2025-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States