The Black American Lifestyle Intervention (BALI): The design of a weight loss program for working-class African-American women

1994 ◽  
Vol 94 (3) ◽  
pp. 310-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Beatrice S Kanders ◽  
Patrice Ullmann-Joy ◽  
John P Foreyt ◽  
Steven B Heymsfield ◽  
David Heber ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
Working Class ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
Black American ◽  
American Women

The PATHWAYS Church-Based Weight Loss Program for Urban African-American Women at Risk for Diabetes

Diabetes Care ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (10) ◽  
pp. 1518-1523 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. McNabb ◽  
M. Quinn ◽  
J. Kerver ◽  
S. Cook ◽  
T. Karrison
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
American Women

scholarly journals Weight Loss Maintenance in African American Women: A Systematic Review of the Behavioral Lifestyle Intervention Literature

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Tussing-Humphreys ◽  
Marian L. Fitzgibbon ◽  
Angela Kong ◽  
Angela Odoms-Young
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Lifestyle Intervention ◽  
Maintenance Phase ◽  
Weight Loss Maintenance ◽  
The United States ◽  
American Women ◽  
Maintenance Intervention

We performed a systematic review of the behavioral lifestyle intervention trials conducted in the United States published between 1990 and 2011 that included a maintenance phase of at least six months, to identify intervention features that promote weight loss maintenance in African American women. Seventeen studies met the inclusion criteria. Generally, African American women lost less weight during the intensive weight loss phase and maintained a lower % of their weight loss compared to Caucasian women. The majority of studies failed to describe the specific strategies used in the delivery of the maintenance intervention, adherence to those strategies, and did not incorporate a maintenance phase process evaluation making it difficult to identify intervention characteristics associated with better weight loss maintenance. However, the inclusion of cultural adaptations, particularly in studies with a mixed ethnicity/race sample, resulted in less % weight regain for African American women. Studies with a formal maintenance intervention and weight management as the primary intervention focus reported more positive weight maintenance outcomes for African American women. Nonetheless, our results present both the difficulty in weight loss and maintenance experienced by African American women in behavioral lifestyle interventions.

A Comprehensive Weight-Loss Program for African-American Women

1998 ◽  
Vol 98 (9) ◽  
pp. A75
Author(s):  
J.C. Tsui ◽  
J.G.Vander Tuig ◽  
M.S. Chi ◽  
G.D. Supattanasiri
Keyword(s):  
Weight Loss ◽  
African American ◽  
African American Women ◽  
Weight Loss Program ◽  
American Women
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