Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2015
Dissemination of the Look AHEAD intensive lifestyle intervention in the United States Air Force: study rationale, design and methods.
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- Randomized Controlled Trials to Treat Obesity in Military Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- How can clinical practices pragmatically increase physical activity for patients with type 2 diabetes? A systematic review.Translational behavioral medicine · 2017Pooled it
- The Effect of Intervention Preference Matching on Outcomes and Engagement in a Post-cessation Weight Management Trial.American journal of health promotion : AJHP · 2025Trial
- Provider advice, pregnant persons' expectations, and actual gestational weight gain among United States military health care beneficiaries: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Trial
- A Postpartum Weight Loss-focused Stepped-care Intervention in a Military Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2023Trial
- Changes in self-reported and accelerometer-measured physical activity among pregnant TRICARE Beneficiaries.BMC public health · 2022Trial
- An interim analysis of a gestational weight gain intervention in military personnel and other TRICARE beneficiaries.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2022Trial
- Efficacy of telehealth acceptance and commitment therapy for weight loss: a pilot randomized clinical trial.Translational behavioral medicine · 2021Trial
- Assessing the Contribution of Self-Monitoring Through a Commercial Weight Loss App: Mediation and Predictive Modeling Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2021Trial
- Cost-Effectiveness of a Weight Loss Intervention: An Adaptation of the Look AHEAD Lifestyle Intervention in the US Military.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2020Trial
- Measurement Equivalence of E-Scale and In-Person Clinic Weights.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2019Trial
- Characteristics Associated With Participation in a Behavioral Weight Loss Randomized Control Trial in the U.S. Military.Military medicine · 2019Trial
- Dissemination of the Look AHEAD Intensive Lifestyle Intervention in the United States Military: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2018Trial
- The Lifestyle Intervention for the Treatment of Diabetes study (LIFT Diabetes): Design and baseline characteristics for a randomized translational trial to improve control of cardiovascular disease risk factors.Contemporary clinical trials · 2017Trial
- Do the holidays impact weight and self-weighing behaviour among adults engaged in a behavioural weight loss intervention?Obesity research & clinical practiceTrial
- Remote Lifestyle Intervention to Reduce Postpartum Weight Retention: Protocol for a Community-Engaged Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Grocery Delivery to Support Healthy Weight Gain Among Pregnant Young Women With Low Income: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
- Counselor Efficiency at Providing Feedback in a Technology-Based Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention: Longitudinal Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2021Article
- Seasonal fluctuations in weight and self-weighing behavior among adults in a behavioral weight loss intervention.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2020Article
- Weight Loss Intervention Impact on the Physical Fitness Test Scores of Air Force Service Members.Military medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDespite an increase in overweight and obesity similar to the civilian population, there have been few randomized controlled trials examining behavioral weight management interventions in the military settings. PURPOSE: This paper describes the design, intervention development and analysis plan of the Fit Blue study, a randomized controlled behavioral weight loss trial taking place in the United States Air Force.
designThis study compares two adapted versions of the efficacious Look AHEAD Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI), a counselor-initiated condition and a self-paced condition. Also described are the unique steps required when conducting military-based health promotion research and adaptations made to the Look AHEAD intervention to accommodate the military environment.
conclusionsTo our knowledge, this is the first translation of the Look AHEAD ILI in the military setting and one of the first translations of the ILI in general. If successful, this intervention could be disseminated to the entire U.S. Military as this project is designed to overcome the barriers and utilize the facilitators for weight loss that are unique to a military population. Programs validated in military populations can have a major public health impact given that with 1.4 million active duty personnel, the Department of Defense is the nation's largest employer. However, while this intervention is designed for a military population and there are unique aspects of the military that may enhance weight loss interventions, the diversity of the study population should help inform obesity efforts in both civilian and military settings.
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