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ArticlePreventing chronic disease2010

Reach and effectiveness of a weight loss intervention in patients with prediabetes in Colorado.

Fabio A Almeida, Susan Shetterly, Renae L Smith-Ray, Paul A Estabrooks

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Article in Preventing chronic disease, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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17 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Fabio A AlmeidaVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, VT Riverside, Roanoke, VA 24016, USA. falmeida@vt.edu
Susan Shetterly
Renae L Smith-Ray
Paul A Estabrooks
Kaiser Permanente · USUniversity of Illinois Chicago · USVirginia Tech · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionAlthough lifestyle interventions are effective in delaying the onset of diabetes, translating these lessons to routine health care settings remains a challenge. We investigated the effectiveness of a theory-based, brief, small-group weight loss intervention for diabetes prevention. A secondary purpose was to determine the potential reach of the intervention.

methodsA total of 14,379 members of an integrated health care organization newly diagnosed with prediabetes were potentially eligible to participate in this matched cohort longitudinal study. Of this group, 1,030 attended a 90-minute, small-group session that targeted personal action planning for healthful eating, physical activity, and weight management. We accessed electronic medical records to select 1 to 2 controls (matched on impaired fasting glucose measurement, sex, age, and body mass index) for each member who attended the small-group session (n = 760). Weight change, as recorded in the medical record, was the primary outcome. Mixed models analyses were used to adjust for matching variables and covariates and to account for individual random effects over time.

resultsSmall-group participants lost significantly more weight than did their matched controls. A significantly higher proportion of small-group participants lost at least 5% of their body weight compared with controls.

conclusionA brief, small-group weight loss intervention was effective. However, it did not reach broadly into the population that was at risk for diabetes.

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Diet, ReducingHealth BehaviorWeight LossColoradoHumansPatient Education as TopicPrediabetic StateTime FactorsTreatment Outcome

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PMID20712930
PMCPMC2938397
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