Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits (The WATCH Study)

Wellness Achieved Through Changing Habits (The WATCH Study)

The purpose of this pilot, feasibility study is to investigate the acceptability of an acceptance-based therapy healthy lifestyle intervention in adolescent girls with overweight/obesity.

Participants will attend 2 baseline clinic visits and adolescents will participate in an ABT healthy lifestyle intervention.

The intervention will include 15 sessions over 6 months.

A post-treatment visit will occur.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adolescent girls between ages 14-19 with overweight or obesity above the 85th percentile for sex and age as determined by CDC growth charts

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known pregnancy or plans to become pregnant in the next 2 years
• Any condition prohibiting physical activity
• A diagnosis of cardiovascular disease or diabetes
• Have active cancer or cancer requiring treatment in the past 2 years
• Have active or chronic infections (e.g., HIV or TB)
• Have active kidney disease or lung disease
• An eating disorder or substance abuse disorder
• Having begun a course of or changed the dosage of any medications known to affect appetite or body composition within the previous 3 months
• Weight loss greater than or equal to 5% in the previous 6 months
• If they do not follow the study plan