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A pilot church-based weight loss program for African-American adults using church members as health educators: a comparison of individual and group intervention.
(2005) Kennedy, Betty M; Paeratakul, Sahasporn; Champagne, Catherine M; Ryan, Donna H; Harsha, David W; McGee, Bernestine; Johnson, Glenda; Deyhim, Farzad; Forsythe, William; Bogle, Margaret L
A church setting may provide an effective delivery mechanism for a health and nutrition program. Church members may be trained to conduct a weight control program. Both interventions (individual and group) were effective in inducing weight loss.
The "Rolling Store:" an economical and environmental approach to the prevention of weight gain in African American women.
(2009) Kennedy, Betty M; Champagne, Catherine M; Ryan, Donna H; Newton, Robert; Conish, Beverly K; Harsha, David W; Levy, Erma J; Bogle, Margaret L
The Rolling Store, at least on the small scale on which it was implemented, is a feasible approach to producing weight loss and improvements in healthy eating when combined with an educational program in a small community center.