Time to RE-AIM: Why Community Weight Loss Programs Should Be Included in Academic Obesity Research

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Mitchell, Nia S. ; Prochazka, Allan V. ; Glasgow, Russell E.
• Description:
  Despite decades of efficacy-based research on weight loss interventions, the obesity epidemic in the United States persists, especially in underserved populations. We used the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy/Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework to describe the limitations of the current paradigm of efficacy-based research for weight loss interventions. We also used RE-AIM to propose that existing weight loss interventions (community-based programs) such as Jenny Craig, Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), and Weight Watchers be studied to supplement the efficacy-based research approaches to achieve population-level impact on obesity.
• Subjects:
  Body Weight Humans Obesity Program Evaluation Research Residence Characteristics Special Topic Vulnerable Populations Weight Reduction Programs
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150436
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  26986540
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4797476
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  13
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:4d7cddbf0364afdee265296edddfb5675868f9ebc87d97cc6a7090a1c5913c8e60d803a8ee7c68be15711834eddf098ed0adf9610c8e29a05d20ebed94c71567
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