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Intensive weight loss intervention in older individuals: results from the Action for Health in Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To compare the effects of 4 years of intensive lifestyle intervention on weight, fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in older and younger individuals.

Design

Randomized controlled clinical trial.

Setting

Sixteen U.S. clinical sites.

Participants

Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: 1,053 aged 65 to 76 and 4,092 aged 45 to 64.

Interventions

An intensive behavioral intervention designed to promote and maintain weight loss through caloric restriction and increased physical activity was compared with diabetes mellitus support and education.

Measurements

Standardized assessments of weight, fitness (based on graded exercise testing), and cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Results

Over 4 years, older individuals had greater intervention-related mean weight losses (6.2%) than younger participants (5.1%; interaction P = .006) and comparable relative mean increases in fitness (0.56 vs 0.53 metabolic equivalents; interaction P = .72). These benefits were seen consistently across subgroups of older adults formed according to many demographic and health factors. Of a panel of age-related health conditions, only self-reported worsening vision was associated with poorer intervention-related weight loss in older individuals. The intensive lifestyle intervention produced mean increases in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (2.03 mg/dL; P < .001) and decreases in glycated hemoglobin (0.21%; P < .001) and waist circumference (3.52 cm; P < .001) over 4 years that were at least as large in older as in younger individuals.

Conclusion

Intensive lifestyle intervention targeting weight loss and increased physical activity is effective in overweight and obese older individuals to produce sustained weight loss and improvements in fitness and cardiovascular risk factors.

SUBMITTER: Espeland MA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4123658 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Intensive weight loss intervention in older individuals: results from the Action for Health in Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus trial.

Espeland Mark A MA Rejeski W Jack WJ West Delia S DS Bray George A GA Clark Jeanne M JM Peters Anne L AL Chen Haiying H Johnson Karen C KC Horton Edward S ES Hazuda Helen P HP

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 20130513 6

<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare the effects of 4 years of intensive lifestyle intervention on weight, fitness, and cardiovascular disease risk factors in older and younger individuals.<h4>Design</h4>Randomized controlled clinical trial.<h4>Setting</h4>Sixteen U.S. clinical sites.<h4>Participants</h4>Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: 1,053 aged 65 to 76 and 4,092 aged 45 to 64.<h4>Interventions</h4>An intensive behavioral intervention designed to promote and maintain weight loss through ca ...[more]

PMID: 23668423

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Dataset Information

Intensive weight loss intervention in older individuals: results from the Action for Health in Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus trial.

Objectives

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Measurements

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Intensive weight loss intervention in older individuals: results from the Action for Health in Diabetes Type 2 diabetes mellitus trial.

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