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Make Better Choices 2 for Rural Appalachians
Implementing the Make Better Choices 2 mHealth Energy Balance Intervention for Rural Appalachians
Who can join
Ages 18 to 100 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * adults residing in Appalachian Kentucky * willingness to use smart phone to record and modify diet and activity * willingness to wear an accelerometer * consume \<4.5 cups fruit/vegetables daily * consume \>8% daily calories from fat * engage in \<150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity weekly * spend \>90 minutes daily on non-work, non-education-related sedentary recreational use of screen time. Exclusion Criteria: * unstable medical conditions * cognitive impairment * hospitalization for psychiatric disorder within the last 5 years * active suicidal ideation * substance use disorder other than nicotine dependence * at risk for adverse cardiovascular events with moderate-intensity activity * taking weight loss medication * trying to get pregnant, pregnant or lactating * active eating disorders * using mobility assistive devices * inability to read study materials
About the study
The program consists of four interconnected components: (1) app, (2) accelerometer, (3) health coaching, and (4) behavioral incentives to increase food and vegetable intake, reduce saturated fat intake, increase physical activity, and decrease sedentary screen time among adults Appalachia Kentuckians.
What is being tested
- Stress Management Control (behavioral)
- Adapted MBC2 Program (behavioral)
Sponsor: Nancy Schoenberg · Participants: 279 · Started: Aug 1, 2020
Contact the study team
- Susan C Westneat, MA · Phone: 859 323 8282
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT04309461
Locations in the U.S.
| Kentucky | MBC2 Field Office University of Kentucky, Benham |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Nov 15, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.