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SUBMITTER: Ackermann RT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4605179 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ackermann Ronald T RT Liss David T DT Finch Emily A EA Schmidt Karen K KK Hays Laura M LM Marrero David G DG Saha Chandan C
American journal of public health 20150917 11
<h4>Objectives</h4>We evaluated the weight loss effectiveness of a YMCA model for the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) lifestyle intervention.<h4>Methods</h4>Between July 2008 and November 2010, we individually randomized 509 overweight or obese, low-income, nondiabetic adults with elevated blood glucose in Indianapolis, Indiana, to receive standard care plus brief lifestyle counseling or be offered a group-based YMCA adaptation of the DPP (YDPP). Primary outcome was mean weight loss difference ...[more]