Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study for adults with overweight or obesity
Observes adults with overweight or obesity through surveys and linked health records.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- American Heart Association
- Where
- Dallas, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 1,000,000 people, planned
- Started
- 30 Jun 2025
- Expected to end
- Dec 2060
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- None - Observational study
- Record updated
- 28 October 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults living with overweight or obesity to join an observational study with surveys and linked health records.
- Age
- 18 years or older
- Sex
- All sexes
- Disease stage
- BMI of 25 kg/m2 or greater, or other high body fat measures such as waist circumference over 102cm (40 in) in men or 88cm (35 in) in women. Adults with a BMI under 25 because of past or current weight management treatment can also join.
- Earlier treatment
- Not required. People whose BMI is under 25 because of lifestyle, medicine or surgery for weight management can join.
Main reasons for not taking part
- In prison at the time of enrollment
- Pregnant at the time of enrollment (those who become pregnant later can keep taking part)
- Terminal illness or end-stage disease with life expectancy under 6 months
- Works for the American Heart Association or on this study
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- BMI at the time of enrollment of 25 kg/m2 or greater or other elevated adiposity measures (e.g., waist circumference of greater than 102cm (40 in) in men or 88cm (35 in) in women) OR adults with a BMI less than 25 due to previous or current weight management treatment (lifestyle, pharmacological or surgical)
Who cannot take part
- Terminal illness or end-stage disease with a life expectancy of less than 6-months
- Employed by the American Heart Association or working on the Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study
- Incarcerated at the time of enrollment
- Self-reported pregnancy at the time of enrollment. However, individuals who become pregnant after enrollment will be welcomed to continue to participate, given that the critical life period of pregnancy often has a significant impact on subsequent weight trajectories
Where in United States
- American Heart AssociationDallas, United StatesContact: HLBW Study TeamTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study is an observational research study of participants living with overweight and obesity. The principal objectives for this project will be to answer fundamental unanswered questions regarding patient experiences and outcomes related to overweight and obesity, and to assess the real-world effectiveness of different weight management strategies, within contemporary and diverse populations. To accomplish this, the Study Team for this project will leverage their expertise in the science of obesity and cardiometabolic health; epidemiology, cohort and registry studies; implementation science; cardiovascular prevention and management; and disparities and community-based research to lead the development of an innovative cohort of people living with overweight or obesity with two key components:
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1. patient-report data elements, obtained through surveys; 2. linkage to EHR records providing data regarding clinical encounters.
The cohort will be inclusive, comprehensive, and constructed with scientific rigor as well as high internal and external validity. An overall objective is for the Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study is to serve as an enduring resource for researchers studying the health consequences of obesity and evaluating the impact of weight management strategies.
The group in the trial
- Direct-to-Participant Group
Observational
Treatment: None - Observational study
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study
- Plain-language title
- Healthy Living BEYOND Weight Study for adults with overweight or obesityGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 28 October 2026