SynthesisJournal of obesity2013
Weight loss maintenance in African American women: a systematic review of the behavioral lifestyle intervention literature.
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60 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- How effective are church-based weight-loss interventions among Black adults? A systematic review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- A systematic review of inequalities in the uptake of, adherence to, and effectiveness of behavioral weight management interventions in adults.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2022Pooled it
- Cultural Factors relevant to Korean Americans in Health Research: A Systematic Review.Journal of community health · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Program Modification Strategies of the Diabetes Prevention Program: A Systematic Review.The Diabetes educator · 2016Pooled it
- Randomized controlled trial lifestyle interventions for Asian Americans: a systematic review.Preventive medicine · 2014Pooled it
- Effect of a Plant-Based vs Omnivorous Soul Food Diet on Weight and Lipid Levels Among African American Adults: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2023Trial
- Promoting weight-loss maintenance among Black women primary care patients: A cluster RCT of a culturally sensitive versus standard behavioural approach.Clinical obesity · 2022Trial
- Differential impact of telehealth extended-care programs for weight-loss maintenance in African American versus white adults.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2022Trial
- Better Me Within Randomized Trial: Faith-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Weight Loss in African American Women.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2021Trial
- Similar weight loss and maintenance in African American and White women in the Improving Weight Loss (ImWeL) trial.Ethnicity & health · 2021Trial
- The WORD: Outcomes of a Behavioral Weight Loss Maintenance Effectiveness Trial in Rural Black Adults of Faith.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Reach and Adoption of a Randomized Weight Loss Maintenance Trial in Rural African Americans of Faith: The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance).American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2019Trial
- Benefits for African American and white low-income 7-10-year-old children and their parents taught together in a community-based weight management program in the rural southeastern United States.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Associations between fiber intake and Body Mass Index (BMI) among African-American women participating in a randomized weight loss and maintenance trial.Eating behaviors · 2018Trial
- Linking patients with community resources: use of a free YMCA membership among low-income black women.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Trial
- Race or Resource? BMI, Race, and Other Social Factors as Risk Factors for Interlimb Differences among Overweight Breast Cancer Survivors with Lymphedema.Journal of obesity · 2016Trial
- A randomized trial using motivational interviewing for maintenance of blood pressure improvements in a community-engaged lifestyle intervention: HUB city steps.Health education research · 2015Trial
- Associations Between the Multidimensional Body Image Constructs and Self-Rated Health among African American Adults in the Southeastern United States: A Preliminary Study.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Longitudinal Relationships Between Parental Support and Physical Activity Behavior among Hispanic Children with Overweight/Obesity.Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences · 2026Article
- Effectiveness of a behavioral weight management intervention by race, ethnicity, income, and education: a meta-analysis.Communications medicine · 2026Article
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Abstract
We performed a systematic review of the behavioral lifestyle intervention trials conducted in the United States published between 1990 and 2011 that included a maintenance phase of at least six months, to identify intervention features that promote weight loss maintenance in African American women. Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria. Generally, African American women lost less weight during the intensive weight loss phase and maintained a lower % of their weight loss compared to Caucasian women. The majority of studies failed to describe the specific strategies used in the delivery of the maintenance intervention, adherence to those strategies, and did not incorporate a maintenance phase process evaluation making it difficult to identify intervention characteristics associated with better weight loss maintenance. However, the inclusion of cultural adaptations, particularly in studies with a mixed ethnicity/race sample, resulted in less % weight regain for African American women. Studies with a formal maintenance intervention and weight management as the primary intervention focus reported more positive weight maintenance outcomes for African American women. Nonetheless, our results present both the difficulty in weight loss and maintenance experienced by African American women in behavioral lifestyle interventions.
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