OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to estimate how much at-risk individuals are willing to pay for type 2 diabetes primary prevention programs. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS An Internet-based, choice-format conjoint survey was presented to individuals at elevated risk for type 2 diabetes. Hypothetical diabetes risk-reduction programs included seven features: diet, exercise, counseling, med...

BACKGROUND Lifestyle Intervention for Weight Loss (LIFE-8) is developed as a structured, group-based weight management program for Emiratis with obesity and type 2 diabetes. It is a 3-month program followed by a 1-year follow-up. The results from the first 2 years are presented here to indicate the possibility of its further adaptation and implementation in this region. METHODOLOGY We recruit...

BACKGROUND In an effort to enhance the vividness and personal relevance of a text messaging intervention to promote weight loss among obese adolescents, a modified Photovoice process was evaluated with adolescents in a weight management program. METHODS Photovoice is a method using photography to generate relevant images and stories from users. Participants were recruited from the Michigan Pe...

To the Editor: I read with interest the American Heart Association (AHA) Science Advisory1 on high-protein diets in the October 9, 2001, issue of Circulation. Let me preface this response by saying that I am neither a medical doctor nor a registered dietitian. I am, however, a healthy, 29-year-old woman of normal weight who follows the Zone diet.2,3 I did not begin the diet as a means for weigh...

BACKGROUND Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) can be diagnosed early by noninvasive ultrasonography; however, the cost-effectiveness of ultrasonography screening with intensive weight reduction program in metabolic syndrome patients is not clear. This study aims to estimate economic and clinical outcomes of ultrasonography in Thailand. METHODS Cost-effectiveness analysis used decision t...

A study of the history of man has shown him at all times concerned with his self-preservation and protection in a world which was full of unforeseen and often unpleasant contingencies. Abstention from food or drink in the interests of a propitiating diety and later on asceticism in the hope of salvation in the next world were often the motives. The present century has however seen a waning abso...