Pilot Study of the Feasibility of a Worksite Plant-Based Diabetes Prevention Program.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to explore the feasibility and acceptability of implementing a worksite diabetes prevention program-Beat Diabetes-on the basis of a plant-based diet and encouragement of physical activity.

Methods

This was a mixed-methods pilot study using a 1-group pretest‒post-test design. The participants were university employees. A 13-week group-based intervention adapted from the Diabetes Prevention Program to emphasize a plant-based diet and on the basis of the Health Action Process Approach. Program implementation and participant acceptability were assessed through surveys, weekly documentation of the process, and individual interviews. Consumption of healthy and less healthy plant-based foods and animal-based foods, physical activity, and Health Action

SUBMITTER: Almousa Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10546524 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature