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Trial reportJournal of the National Medical Association2005

Results of a faith-based weight loss intervention for black women.

Marian L Fitzgibbon, Melinda R Stolley, Pamela Ganschow, Linda Schiffer, Anita Wells, Nolanna Simon, Alan Dyer

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of the National Medical Association, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Systematic review of behavioural interventions with culturally adapted strategies to improve diet and weight outcomes in African American women.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2014
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  8. Weight loss and African-American women: a systematic review of the behavioural weight loss intervention literature.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2012
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  16. SisterTalk: final results of a culturally tailored cable television delivered weight control program for Black women.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2013
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Marian L FitzgibbonDepartment of Medicine, School of Public Health, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA. mlf@uic.edu
Melinda R Stolley
Pamela Ganschow
Linda Schiffer
Anita Wells
Nolanna Simon
Alan Dyer

Funding

Reducing Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk in Black WomenK07CA093946 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI STOLLEY, MELINDA R · 2003 to 2007
$657k
NCI NIH HHS 1K07 CA-093946
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity is a risk factor for a variety of chronic diseases. Although weight loss may reduce these risks, weight loss programs designed for black women have yielded mixed results. Studies suggest that religion/spirituality is a prominent component of black culture. Given this, the inclusion of religion/spirituality as an active component of a weight loss program may enhance the benefits of the program. The role of religion/spirituality, however, has not been specifically tested as a mechanism that enhances the weight loss process. This paper presents the results of "Faith on the Move," a randomized pilot study of a faith-based weight loss program for black women. The goals of the study were to estimate the effects of a 12-week culturally tailored, faith-based weight loss intervention on weight loss, dietary fat consumption and physical activity. The culturally tailored, faith-based weight loss intervention was compared to a culturally tailored weight loss intervention with no active faith component. Fifty-nine overweight/obese black women were randomized to one of the two interventions. Although the results were not statistically significant, the effect size suggests that the addition of the faith component improved results. These promising preliminary results will need to be tested in an adequately powered trial.

Indexed as

Health PromotionReligion and PsychologyAdultBlack or African AmericanChicagoCultural DiversityDiet, ReducingExerciseFemaleHealth BehaviorHospitals, UrbanHumansMiddle AgedObesityPilot ProjectsProgram Evaluation

Identifiers

PMID16355489
PMCPMC2594697

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