TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility and Effectiveness of a Worksite-Weight-Loss Program for Cancer Prevention among School-District Employees with Overweight and Obesity
AU - Lee, Che Young
AU - Robertson, Michael C.
AU - Johnston, Hannah
AU - Le, Thuan
AU - Raber, Margaret
AU - Rechis, Ruth
AU - Oestman, Katherine
AU - Neff, Alise
AU - Macneish, Amber
AU - Basen-Engquist, Karen M.
N1 - Funding Information:
This research is supported, in part, by the Assessment, Intervention, and Measurement (AIM) Shared Resource through a Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA016672, PI: P. Pisters, MD Anderson Cancer Center) from the National Cancer Institute. MR supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service (USDA/ARS) under Cooperative Agreement No. 58-3092-0-001.
Funding Information:
Vibrant Lives is supported by Pasadena Vibrant Community. Pasadena Vibrant Community is an initiative of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center made possible by investment from, and collaboration with, Shell USA, Inc.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 by the authors.
PY - 2023/1
Y1 - 2023/1
N2 - The effects of Vibrant Lives, a 6-month worksite-weight-loss program, were examined in a cohort of school-district employees with overweight or obesity. The VL Basic (VLB) participants received materials and tailored text messages, the VL Plus (VLP) participants additionally received WIFI-enabled activity monitors and scales and participated in health challenges throughout the school year, and the VL Plus with Support (VLP + S) participants additionally received coaching support. The levels of program satisfaction and retention and changes in weight, physical activity (PA), and diet were compared across groups using Pearson chi-square tests, repeated-measure mixed models, and logistic regression. After the program, the VLB (n = 131), VLP (n = 87), and VLP + S (n = 88) groups had average weight losses of 2.5, 2.5, and 3.4 kg, respectively, and average increases in weekly PA of 40.4, 35.8, and 65.7 min, respectively. The VLP + S participants were more likely than the other participants to have clinically significant weight loss (≥3%; p = 0.026). Compared with the VLB participants, the VLP participants were less likely to meet the recommendations for consuming fast food (p = 0.022) and sugar-sweetened beverages (p = 0.010). The VLP and VLP + S participants reported higher program satisfaction than the VLB participants. The VL program facilitates weight loss among school-district employees with overweight and obesity by increasing their PA and healthy diet.
AB - The effects of Vibrant Lives, a 6-month worksite-weight-loss program, were examined in a cohort of school-district employees with overweight or obesity. The VL Basic (VLB) participants received materials and tailored text messages, the VL Plus (VLP) participants additionally received WIFI-enabled activity monitors and scales and participated in health challenges throughout the school year, and the VL Plus with Support (VLP + S) participants additionally received coaching support. The levels of program satisfaction and retention and changes in weight, physical activity (PA), and diet were compared across groups using Pearson chi-square tests, repeated-measure mixed models, and logistic regression. After the program, the VLB (n = 131), VLP (n = 87), and VLP + S (n = 88) groups had average weight losses of 2.5, 2.5, and 3.4 kg, respectively, and average increases in weekly PA of 40.4, 35.8, and 65.7 min, respectively. The VLP + S participants were more likely than the other participants to have clinically significant weight loss (≥3%; p = 0.026). Compared with the VLB participants, the VLP participants were less likely to meet the recommendations for consuming fast food (p = 0.022) and sugar-sweetened beverages (p = 0.010). The VLP and VLP + S participants reported higher program satisfaction than the VLB participants. The VL program facilitates weight loss among school-district employees with overweight and obesity by increasing their PA and healthy diet.
KW - cancer prevention
KW - community intervention
KW - health behaviors
KW - weight loss
KW - worksite intervention
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U2 - 10.3390/ijerph20010538
DO - 10.3390/ijerph20010538
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146190536
SN - 1661-7827
VL - 20
JO - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
JF - International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
IS - 1
M1 - 538
ER -