NYU Langone’s MOTIVATE Research Lab leads pioneering research projects to identify effective ways to help people attain and maintain good health.

Our projects include the following:

• WOOP VA : Mental Contrasting with Implementation Intentions to Promote Weight Management in Primary Care
• Testing the Efficacy of a Technology-Assisted Weight Management Intervention within Patient-Centered Medical Homes: The GEM (Goals for Eating and Moving) Study
• A Food Response and Attention Training to Improve Dietary Intake and Weight Loss for Racially/Ethnically Diverse Patients with Obesity and Elevated Cardiovascular Disease Risk
• Determining Mechanisms and Predictors of Health, Weight, and Metabolic Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery: A Longitudinal Study.
• Peer-Assisted Lifestyle (PAL) intervention: a protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a health-coaching intervention delivered by veteran peers to improve obesity treatment in primary care
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Our previous projects include the following:

• Financial incentive strategies for weight loss in obese patients living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
• Peer-Assisted Lifestyle (PAL) intervention: a protocol of a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a health-coaching intervention delivered by veteran peers to improve obesity treatment in primary care
• Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products (sRAGE) Isoforms Predict Changes in Resting Energy Expenditure in Adults with Obesity during Weight Loss
• Park Proximity and Use for Physical Activity among Urban Residents: Associations with Mental Health