title: Steps to Health employee weight management randomized control trial: short-term follow-up results.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To present the short-term follow-up findings of the Steps to Health study, a randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness of two employee weight management programs offered within Duke University and the Health System.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 550 obese (body mass index, ≥30 kg/m2) employees were randomized 1:1 between January 2011 and June 2012 to the education-based Weight Management (WM) or the WM+ arm, which focused on behavior modification. Employees were contacted to complete a follow-up visit approximately 14 months after baseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were no clinically, or statistically, meaningful differences between arms, but there were modest reductions in body mass index, and positive, meaningful changes in diet and physical activity for both arms.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The modest positive effects observed in this study may suggest that to achieve weight loss through the workplace more intensive interventions may be required.
authors: From the Department of Community and Family Medicine (Dr Østbye, Ms Stroo, Dr Eisenstein, Dr Fuemmeler, and Dr Dement), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School (Dr Østbye), Singapore; Duke Global Health Institute (Dr Østbye and Ms Brouwer), Duke University; Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (Dr Peterson), Duke University Medical Center; Duke Clinical Research Institute (Dr Eisenstein); and Duke Occupational Health and Wellness (Ms Joyner and Ms Gulley), Durham, NC.
authors: Truls
authors: T
authors: Østbye
authors: Marissa
authors: M
authors: Stroo
authors: Rebecca J N
authors: RJ
authors: Brouwer
authors: Bercedis L
authors: BL
authors: Peterson
authors: Eric L
authors: EL
authors: Eisenstein
authors: Bernard F
authors: BF
authors: Fuemmeler
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Joyner
authors: Libby
authors: L
authors: Gulley
authors: John M
authors: JM
authors: Dement
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D015992:Body Mass Index; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009043:Motor Activity; D009765:Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016272:Occupational Health; D014495:Universities; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000379:methods*; D017132:Workplace