A Controlled Evaluation of Staging Dietary Patterns to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in African-American Women

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dc.contributor.authorAuslander, W.
dc.contributor.authorHaire-Joshu, D.
dc.contributor.authorHouston, C.
dc.contributor.authorRhee, C.-W.
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, J. H.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:02:19Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:02:19Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the 3-month follow-up data of the Eat Well, Live Well Nutrition Program, a culturally specific, peer-led dietary change program designed to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes in low-income African-American women. This peer-led program was delivered in the community and was tailored to the participants' stage of change for individual dietary patterns. We report the results of the 3-month intervention and the extent to which dietary changes and other key outcomes were maintained at a 3-month follow-up assessment. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Using an experimental control group design, 294 overweight African-American women (ages 25-55 years), recruited in collaboration with a neighborhood organization, completed pre- and posttest and 3-month follow-up interviews of dietary behaviors, knowledge, attitudes, fat intake, and weight. RESULTS: Significant reductions were found in fat intake among women in the treatment condition when compared with women in the control group; these reductions were maintained at 3-month follow-up assessment. Likewise, significant changes in dietary patterns were reported after the study and were maintained, except for one dietary pattern (replacement). CONCLUSIONS: This model of health promotion, which individually tailors dietary patterns through staging and use of peer educators, has the potential for decreasing fat intake and increasing and maintaining specific low-fat dietary patterns among overweight African-American women at risk for diabetes.
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.25.5.809
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/3n5e-elfa
dc.identifier.citationAuslander, W. and Haire-Joshu, D. and Houston, C. and Rhee, C.-W. and Williams, J. H. (2002) A Controlled Evaluation of Staging Dietary Patterns to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in African-American Women. Diabetes Care, 25 (5). pp. 809-814.
dc.identifier.issn0149-5992
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 2519
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23202
dc.subjectNutrition
dc.subjectDiabetes
dc.subjectObesity
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectdiabetes
dc.subjectdietary patterns
dc.subjectdietary change program
dc.titleA Controlled Evaluation of Staging Dietary Patterns to Reduce the Risk of Diabetes in African-American Women
dc.typeArticle

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