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

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 i

SUBMITTER: Haughton CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880332 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature