NCT04784338

Virtual Weight Management Shared Medical Visit

A Virtual Weight Management Shared Medical Appointment: a Feasibility Study

• Status: Withdrawn
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 0 (actual)
• Sponsor: Boston Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 21 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Culinary medicine has emerged which provides the practical application of nutrition education through experiential learning. Studies have shown that patients with metabolic syndrome who underwent a series of classes that featured nutrition recommendations and cooking classes had weight loss, and improved cardiac health and blood sugar management. Given the increasing focus on providing remote experiences to minimize contact and risk of infection with Sars-COV2, this pilot study at Boston Medical Center (BMC) will integrate a physician consultation, interactive didactic presentations, nutritious cooking and mind- body exercises. Patients with obesity and metabolic syndrome can attend a virtual shared medical visit series co-taught by a registered dietician and chef and an endocrinologist and weight management specialist. Data will be collected in the form of surveys, phone interviews, chart review, and home monitoring to test both the feasibility of running such an intervention virtually and to explore whether attending this one month program with weekly remote classes/visits improves vitals including weight and blood blood pressure and other small habit changes in patients.

Conditions

• Metabolic Syndrome
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Virtual shared medical visit	a shared medical visit done by zoom in a group, 1.5 hours
BEHAVIORAL	Nutritional classes	A cooking class done by the teaching kitchen demonstrating cooking skills

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-08-01
• Primary completion: 2022-04-01
• Completion: 2022-10-01
• First posted: 2021-03-05
• Last updated: 2021-08-26