NCT05970042

Investigating the Effects of the "GameDay Ready" Behavioral Weight Management Program for Black Men Living in the Rural South

Developing a Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Body Weight for Obese African American Men Living in the Rural South

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of South Carolina · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 25 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot study investigates the effects of a newly developed 12-week weight management program called "GameDay Ready" (compared to a walking and general health education program) for decreasing body weight among Black men who live in the rural South. The researchers expect to see evidence of greater weight loss among participants randomized to receive the "GameDay Ready" program.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	GameDay Ready	GameDay Ready is a 12-week, group-based behavioral weight management program in which participants will meet in-person once per week at a publicly accessible walking track. The GameDay Ready program promotes increasing physical activity, reducing sedentary time, and improving dietary habits through education, behavioral self-monitoring, and goal setting. Each 60-minute intervention session includes a brief educational component followed by a group discussion of weekly progress. Following a short warmup walk, participants engage in group-based competitive physical activities and then a short cooldown walk. Participants then set individual and group-based goals for the upcoming week and discuss strategies for overcoming barriers to achieving goals. The program is sensitive to intersectional influences of gender, race, and rurality on health; and strategies to enhance motivation are threaded throughout the program.
BEHAVIORAL	Walking and General Health Education	Participants receiving the comparison program will complete a 12-week walking and general health education program. Group sessions meet once per week at a publicly accessible walking track, and each 60-minute session consists of a brief educational component on a health topic followed by walking and socializing during the remainder of the session.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-08-04
• Primary completion: 2026-01-31
• Completion: 2026-05-01
• First posted: 2023-08-01
• Last updated: 2025-04-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States