Participants in the lifestyle intervention group outperformed their standard intervention counterparts immediately post-intervention and at 3-month follow-up:
- The lifestyle intervention group lost a greater percentage of their baseline body weight, a mean loss of 5.5% vs. a mean loss of 0.4% in the control group.
- This difference in weight loss persisted at 3-month follow up.
- The lifestyle intervention group achieved significantly greater reductions in waist circumference, blood glucose, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and dietary fat intake.
- These differences persisted at 3-month follow-up.
Study authors commented that although the long-term effects of worksite lifestyle interventions need to be investigated further, these results show that worksites can be effective settings for offering diabetes prevention programming like the National DPP.
In Colorado, CDPHE staff and partners are working to increase evidence-based lifestyle change programs, like the National DPP, as covered health plan benefits for employees across the state. To learn more about this effort, contact Becky DiOrio at becky.diorio@state.co.us.
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