ArticlePloS one2025
Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST): Protocol for a randomized control trial of a social network lifestyle intervention.
Article in PloS one, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06335810 (Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.
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Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST): Randomized Control Trial
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- Clinical obesity phenotypes among older adults: prevalence, determinants, and morbidity burden from the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2026Article
- Opportunities for Leveraging Social Networks in Behavioral Lifestyle Interventions for Black and Hispanic Adults With Obesity: A Mixed Methods Approach.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2026Article
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aimThe aim of the Reducing Obesity Using Social Ties (ROBUST) study is to address negative and positive social network processes that may influence weight loss among individuals enrolled in an evidence-based, 24-week lifestyle intervention modeled after the Diabetes Prevention Program.
methodsThis is a randomized controlled trial (RCT) of a tailored social network-enhanced lifestyle intervention compared to an individual-level lifestyle intervention (control group) in adults (N=132) who self-identify as Black or Hispanic and have obesity (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2). Intervention participants will recruit up to two members (n=132) of their social network to participate in skill-building sessions. Intervention and control participants will receive fourteen nutrition and lifestyle coaching sessions over 24 weeks. Diet, physical activity, positive affect, social network processes, communal coping, and anthropometrics will be measured at baseline and after intervention completion at 24 weeks. DISCUSSION: This study will provide the first pragmatic evidence of the efficacy of activating a communal coping process within personal networks to optimize weight loss among Black and Hispanic adults. Our study explicitly targets a population that has been less responsive to other lifestyle approaches to weight loss.
trial registrationThe study protocol was prospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT06335810).
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