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Racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the United States: A systematic review

Obesity remains a persistent public health and health disparity concern in the United States. Eliminating health disparities, particularly among racial/ethnic minority groups, is a major health priority in the US. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate representation of racial/ethnic sub-gro...

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Autores principales: Haughton, Christina F., Silfee, Valerie J., Wang, Monica L., Lopez-Cepero, Andrea C., Estabrook, David P., Frisard, Christine, Rosal, Milagros C., Pagoto, Sherry L., Lemon, Stephenie C.
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.01.012
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author Haughton, Christina F.
Silfee, Valerie J.
Wang, Monica L.
Lopez-Cepero, Andrea C.
Estabrook, David P.
Frisard, Christine
Rosal, Milagros C.
Pagoto, Sherry L.
Lemon, Stephenie C.
author_facet Haughton, Christina F.
Silfee, Valerie J.
Wang, Monica L.
Lopez-Cepero, Andrea C.
Estabrook, David P.
Frisard, Christine
Rosal, Milagros C.
Pagoto, Sherry L.
Lemon, Stephenie C.
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description Obesity remains a persistent public health and health disparity concern in the United States. Eliminating health disparities, particularly among racial/ethnic minority groups, is a major health priority in the US. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate representation of racial/ethnic sub-group members in behavioral weight loss interventions conducted among adults in the United States. The secondary aims were to assess recruitment and study design approaches to include racial/ethnic groups and the extent of racial/ethnic sub-group analyses conducted in these studies. PubMed, PsycInfo, Medline, and CINAHL were searched for behavioral weight loss intervention trials conducted in 2009–2015 using keywords: weight, loss, overweight, obese, intervention and trial. Most of the 94 studies included a majority of White participants compared to any other racial/ethnic group. Across the included studies, 58.9% of participants were White, 18.2% were African American, 8.7% were Hispanic/Latino, 5.0% were Asian and 1.0% were Native Americans. An additional 8.2% were categorized as “Other”. Nine of the 94 studies exclusively included minority samples. Lack of adequate representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in behavioral trials limits the generalizability and potential public health impact of these interventions to groups that might most benefit from weight loss. Given racial/ethnic disparities in obesity rates and the burden of obesity and obesity-related diseases among minority groups in the United States, greater inclusion in weight loss intervention studies is warranted.
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spelling pubmed-58803322018-04-03 Racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the United States: A systematic review Haughton, Christina F. Silfee, Valerie J. Wang, Monica L. Lopez-Cepero, Andrea C. Estabrook, David P. Frisard, Christine Rosal, Milagros C. Pagoto, Sherry L. Lemon, Stephenie C. Prev Med Rep Review Article Obesity remains a persistent public health and health disparity concern in the United States. Eliminating health disparities, particularly among racial/ethnic minority groups, is a major health priority in the US. The primary aim of this review was to evaluate representation of racial/ethnic sub-group members in behavioral weight loss interventions conducted among adults in the United States. The secondary aims were to assess recruitment and study design approaches to include racial/ethnic groups and the extent of racial/ethnic sub-group analyses conducted in these studies. PubMed, PsycInfo, Medline, and CINAHL were searched for behavioral weight loss intervention trials conducted in 2009–2015 using keywords: weight, loss, overweight, obese, intervention and trial. Most of the 94 studies included a majority of White participants compared to any other racial/ethnic group. Across the included studies, 58.9% of participants were White, 18.2% were African American, 8.7% were Hispanic/Latino, 5.0% were Asian and 1.0% were Native Americans. An additional 8.2% were categorized as “Other”. Nine of the 94 studies exclusively included minority samples. Lack of adequate representation of racial and ethnic minority populations in behavioral trials limits the generalizability and potential public health impact of these interventions to groups that might most benefit from weight loss. Given racial/ethnic disparities in obesity rates and the burden of obesity and obesity-related diseases among minority groups in the United States, greater inclusion in weight loss intervention studies is warranted. Elsevier 2018-02-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5880332/ /pubmed/29616185 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.01.012 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Silfee, Valerie J.
Wang, Monica L.
Lopez-Cepero, Andrea C.
Estabrook, David P.
Frisard, Christine
Rosal, Milagros C.
Pagoto, Sherry L.
Lemon, Stephenie C.
Racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the United States: A systematic review
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title_short Racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the United States: A systematic review
title_sort racial/ethnic representation in lifestyle weight loss intervention studies in the united states: a systematic review
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5880332/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29616185
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2018.01.012
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