{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Wexler DJ"],"funding":["NIDDK NIH HHS","National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases"],"pagination":["1938-1950"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10949180"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["30(10)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Objective</h4>The Reach Ahead for Lifestyle and Health (REAL HEALTH)-Diabetes study assessed the comparative effectiveness of two Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes)-adapted lifestyle intervention (LI) arms targeting weight loss in type 2 diabetes compared with medical nutrition therapy (MNT) referral. At 1 year, LI had greater weight loss than MNT. This study reports outcomes at 24 (end of LI) and 36 months.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (N = 211) with type 2 diabetes and BMI > 25 kg/m<sup>2</sup> were randomly assigned to in-person LI, telephone conference call LI, or MNT. The primary outcome was percentage weight change. Secondary outcomes included 5% and 10% weight loss, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and patient-reported outcomes.<h4>Results</h4>Participants were 61.7 (SD 10.2) years old; 55% were female; 77% were non-Hispanic White; and had mean (SD) weight of 98 (18.9) kg and mean (SD) HbA1c of 7.7% (1.2%). Mean (SD) weight change at 24 and 36 months was -4.4% (5.9%) and -4.4% (5.4%) in in-person LI, -4.0% (5.8%) and -5.3% (6.4%) in telephone LI, and -3.1% (5.2%) and -5.8% (7.1%) in MNT, with no statistically significant difference in weight or HbA1c at 24 and 36 months. Compared with MNT, LI arms had favorable changes in patient-reported outcomes related to learned dietary skills.<h4>Conclusions</h4>There were no differences in weight outcomes among LI participants compared with referral to MNT at the end of intervention or 1 year after its conclusion."],"journal":["Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)"],"pubmed_title":["Results of a 2-year lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes: the Reach Ahead for Lifestyle and Health-Diabetes randomized controlled trial."],"pmcid":["PMC10949180"],"funding_grant_id":["P30 DK111022","R18DK102737","R18 DK102737"],"pubmed_authors":["Rodriguez Romero A","Goldman V","Steppel-Reznik J","Wexler DJ","McCarthy J","Delahanty LM","Porneala B","Levy DE","Copeland PM","Chang Y"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Results of a 2-year lifestyle intervention for type 2 diabetes: the Reach Ahead for Lifestyle and Health-Diabetes randomized controlled trial.","description":"<h4>Objective</h4>The Reach Ahead for Lifestyle and Health (REAL HEALTH)-Diabetes study assessed the comparative effectiveness of two Look AHEAD (Action for Health in Diabetes)-adapted lifestyle intervention (LI) arms targeting weight loss in type 2 diabetes compared with medical nutrition therapy (MNT) referral. At 1 year, LI had greater weight loss than MNT. This study reports outcomes at 24 (end of LI) and 36 months.<h4>Methods</h4>Participants (N = 211) with type 2 diabetes and BMI > 25 kg/m<sup>2</sup> were randomly assigned to in-person LI, telephone conference call LI, or MNT. The primary outcome was percentage weight change. Secondary outcomes included 5% and 10% weight loss, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), and patient-reported outcomes.<h4>Results</h4>Participants were 61.7 (SD 10.2) years old; 55% were female; 77% were non-Hispanic White; and had mean (SD) weight of 98 (18.9) kg and mean (SD) HbA1c of 7.7% (1.2%). Mean (SD) weight change at 24 and 36 months was -4.4% (5.9%) and -4.4% (5.4%) in in-person LI, -4.0% (5.8%) and -5.3% (6.4%) in telephone LI, and -3.1% (5.2%) and -5.8% (7.1%) in MNT, with no statistically significant difference in weight or HbA1c at 24 and 36 months. Compared with MNT, LI arms had favorable changes in patient-reported outcomes related to learned dietary skills.<h4>Conclusions</h4>There were no differences in weight outcomes among LI participants compared with referral to MNT at the end of intervention or 1 year after its conclusion.","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022 Oct","modification":"2025-04-05T07:20:57.735Z","creation":"2025-04-05T07:20:57.735Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10949180","cross_references":{"pubmed":["36046939"],"doi":["10.1002/oby.23508"]}}