The Effects of a Mobile Health Intervention and Health Coach Text Messaging on Cardiovascular Risk of Older Adults

This study, "Fitness Intensive Therapy (Get FIT) to Promote Healthy Living in Older Adults", will test 2 behavioral interventions in community-dwelling older adults (age ≥ 60 years) at intermediate and high risk of cardiovascular disease. 1. Get FIT: use of a Fitbit activity tracker, smartphone application to track daily food intake, one 45 minute counseling session to create personal goals and provide patient education by a health coach; vs. 2. Get FIT+: use of a Fitbit activity tracker, smartphone application to track daily food intake, one 45 minute counseling session to create personal goals and provide patient education by a health coach, and personalized push-only text messages from the health coach based on participant's progress as monitored electronically in the application. Each intervention lasts 3 months, with outcomes measured at baseline, 3 months, and 6 months.