ArticleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2013
Innovative care delivery model to address obesity in older African-American women: Senior Wellness Initiative and Take Off Pounds Sensibly collaboration for health (SWITCH).
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- Changes in weight and physical function for older African American women in Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS): Study protocol for a randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2025Article
- Obesity among African American people in the United States: A review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2023Review
- Perspectives of older African-American women on a community-based weight loss program: qualitative findings from the Senior Wellness Initiative and Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS) Collaboration for Health.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2014Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine the feasibility and acceptability of integrating Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), a national nonprofit weight-loss program through which people have lost a clinically significant amount of weight, into a community program that serves African Americans (AAs) and to determine weight change.
designSingle-group pilot design.
settingDenver, Colorado.
participantsCommunity-dwelling participants aged 51 to 85.
interventionParticipants were recruited through a program that serves AAs, and new TOPS chapters were started at a church, senior center, and senior residence for independent living. MEASUREMENTS: Feasibility was measured by determining the ease of recruitment and acceptability was measured according to retention. The secondary outcome was weight change.
resultsSixty-four percent of people who were referred to the program or attended an information session participated in the study. The retention rate at 52 weeks was 79%. At 52 weeks, 16 of 48 participants had lost 5% or more of their initial weight, and 23 had lost 0% to 4.9% of their initial weight.
conclusionsRecruiting AA women through the Center for African American Health was feasible, and the program was acceptable. One-third of participants lost a clinically significant amount of weight. TOPS may be one way to combat the health disparity of obesity in AA women.
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