A family and community focused lifestyle program prevents weight regain in Pacific Islanders: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Preventing weight regain after the loss of excess weight is challenging for people, especially for ethnic minorities in the United States. A 6-month weight loss maintenance intervention designed for Pacific Islanders, called the PILI Lifestyle Program (PLP), was compared with a 6-month standard behavioral weight loss maintenance program (SBP) in a pilot randomized controlled trial using a community-based participatory research approach. Adult Pacific Islanders (N = 144) were randomly assigned to either PLP (n = 72) or SBP (n = 72) after completing a 3-month weight loss program. Successful weight maintenance was defined as participants' postintervention weight change remaining ≤ 3% of their preintervention mean weight. Both PLP and SBP participants achieved significant weight loss maintenan

SUBMITTER: Kaholokula JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3154977 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature