The Live Well, Be Well study: a community-based, translational lifestyle program to lower diabetes risk factors in ethnic minority and lower-socioeconomic status adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We evaluated a community-based, translational lifestyle program to reduce diabetes risk in lower-socioeconomic status (SES) and ethnic minority adults.

Methods

Through an academic-public health department partnership, community-dwelling adults at risk for diabetes were randomly assigned to individualized lifestyle counseling delivered primarily via telephone by health department counselors or a wait-list control group. Primary outcomes (6 and 12 months) were fasting glucose level, triglycerides, high- and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, weight, waist circumference, and systolic blood pressure. Secondary outcomes included diet, physical activity, and health-related quality of life.

Results

Of the 230 participants, study retention was 92%. The 6-month gr

SUBMITTER: Kanaya AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3395772 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature