Weight Change During the Postintervention Follow-up of Look AHEAD.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Patients with type 2 diabetes are encouraged to lose weight, but excessive weight loss in older adults may be a marker of poor health and subsequent mortality. We examined weight change during the postintervention period of Look AHEAD, a randomized trial comparing intensive lifestyle intervention (ILI) with diabetes support and education (DSE) (control) in overweight/obese individuals with type 2 diabetes and sought to identify predictors of excessive postintervention weight loss and its association with mortality.

Research design and methods

These secondary analyses compared postintervention weight change (year 8 to final visit; median 16 years) in ILI and DSE in 3,999 Look AHEAD participants. Using empirically derived trajectory categories, we compared four subgr

SUBMITTER: Wing RR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9277114 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature