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ReviewPreventive medicine reports2018

Racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the United States: A systematic review.

Christina F Haughton, Valerie J Silfee, Monica L Wang, Andrea C Lopez-Cepero, David P Estabrook, Christine Frisard, Milagros C Rosal, Sherry L Pagoto, Stephenie C Lemon

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Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
35.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

74 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 154 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. 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 · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Christina F HaughtonUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Valerie J SilfeeUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Monica L WangBoston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA.
Andrea C Lopez-CeperoUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
David P EstabrookUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Christine FrisardUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Milagros C RosalUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Sherry L PagotoUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
Stephenie C LemonUniversity of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA.
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School · USBoston University · USUniversity of Connecticut · US

Funding

A culturally-tailored narrative intervention to target disparities in obesityK01DK102447 · NIDDK · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI WANG, MONICA L. · 2014 to 2018
$631k
NIDDK NIH HHS K01 DK102447
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity remains a persistent public health and health disparity concern in the United States. Eliminating health disparities, particularly among racial/ethnic minority groups, is a major health priority in the US. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate representation of racial/ethnic sub-group members in behavioral weight loss interventions conducted among adults in the United States. The secondary aims were to assess recruitment and study design approaches to include racial/ethnic groups and the extent of racial/ethnic sub-group analyses conducted in these studies. PubMed, PsycInfo, Medline, and CINAHL were searched for behavioral weight loss intervention trials conducted in 2009-2015 using keywords: weight, loss, overweight, obese, intervention and trial. Most of the 94 studies included a majority of White participants compared to any other racial/ethnic group. Across the included studies, 58.9% of participants were White, 18.2% were African American, 8.7% were Hispanic/Latino, 5.0% were Asian and 1.0% were Native Americans. An additional 8.2% were categorized as "Other". Nine of the 94 studies exclusively included minority samples. Lack of adequate representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in behavioral trials limits the generalizability and potential public health impact of these interventions to groups that might most benefit from weight loss. Given racial/ethnic disparities in obesity rates and the burden of obesity and obesity-related diseases among minority groups in the United States, greater inclusion in weight loss intervention studies is warranted.

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InterventionMinority healthRace/ethnicityReviewWeight loss

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PMID29616185
PMCPMC5880332
OpenAlexW2793336056

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