A pilot church-based weight loss program for African-American adults using church members as health educators: a comparison of individual and group intervention.
A pilot church-based weight loss program for African-American adults using church members as health educators: a comparison of individual and group intervention.
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2005
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Kennedy, Betty M and Paeratakul, Sahasporn and Champagne, Catherine M and Ryan, Donna H and Harsha, David W and McGee, Bernestine and Johnson, Glenda and Deyhim, Farzad and Forsythe, William and Bogle, Margaret L (2005) A pilot church-based weight loss program for African-American adults using church members as health educators: a comparison of individual and group intervention. Ethnicity & disease, 15 (3). pp. 373-378.
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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.