ArticleAmerican journal of public health2016
Reduced Prevalence of Obesity in 14 Disadvantaged Black Communities in the United States: A Successful 4-Year Place-Based Participatory Intervention.
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- Examining preferences for weight loss interventions among black men and women with overweight or obesity: A qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- A scoping review on the use of a participatory approach in interventions to combat overweight and obesity in low socioeconomic status communities.European journal of nutrition · 2025Article
- Advancing Health Equity Efforts to Reduce Obesity: Changing the Course.Annual review of nutrition · 2022Review
- A Population Health Assessment in a Community Cancer Center Catchment Area: Triple-Negative Breast Cancer, Alcohol Use, and Obesity in New Castle County, Delaware.Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology · 2022Article
- A Framework for Increasing Equity Impact in Obesity Prevention.American journal of public health · 2019Article
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adult Obesity in the United States: CDC's Tracking to Inform State and Local Action.Preventing chronic disease · 2019Article
- A Narrative Review of Physician Perspectives Regarding the Social and Environmental Determinants of Obesity.Current diabetes reports · 2018Review
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objectivesTo assess the impact of a large-scale place-based intervention on obesity prevalence in Black communities.
methodsThe Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health across the United States (REACH US) project was conducted in 14 predominantly Black communities in California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. We measured trends from 2009 to 2012 in the prevalence of obesity. We used Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data to compare these trends with trends among non-Hispanic Whites and non-Hispanic Blacks in the United States and in the 10 states where REACH communities were located, and with a propensity score-matched national sample of non-Hispanic Blacks.
resultsThe age-standardized prevalence of obesity decreased in REACH US communities (P = .045), but not in the comparison populations (P = .435 to P = .996). The relative change was -5.3% in REACH US communities versus +2.4% in propensity score-matched controls (P value for the difference = .031). The net effect on the reduction of obesity prevalence was about 1 percentage point per year for REACH.
conclusionsObesity prevalence was reduced in 14 disadvantaged Black communities that participated in the REACH project.
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