Acceptability and Preliminary Efficacy of a Novel Web-Based Physical Activity for the Heart (PATH) Intervention Designed to Promote Physical Activity in Adults With Obesity: Protocol for a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial

Jacob Kariuki   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Lora Burke   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Kirk Erickson   ³ , PhD ;   Susan Sereika   ^{2 *} , PhD ;   Sudeshna Paul   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Jessica Cheng   ^{4 *} , PhD ;   Heran Biza   ^{1 *} , MS ;   Amjad Abdirahman   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Katherine Wilbraham   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Heather Milton   ^{5 *} , MS ;   Cornelius Brown   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Matthew Sells   ^{1 *} , BS ;   Foster Osei Baah   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Jessica Wells   ^{1 *} , PhD ;   Rasheeta Chandler   ¹ , PhD ;   Bethany Barone Gibbs   ^{6 *} , PhD

¹ Emory University, Atlanta, GA, United States

² School of Nursing, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States

³ Neuroscience, AdventHealth Research Institute, Orlando, FL, United States

⁴ T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

⁵ NYU Langone Health, New York University, New York, NY, United States

⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, West Virginia University School of Public Health, Morgantown, WV, United States

*these authors contributed equally