title: Evaluation of Veterans MOVE! Program for Weight Loss.
abstract: To evaluate the degree of weight loss in subjects enrolled in the Veterans Affairs weight management program (MOVE!).
  
  
  
  Retrospective cohort design.
  
  
  
  Tertiary care US veterans hospital, July, 2007 to September, 2008, using a retrospective database.
  
  
  
  Adult veterans (n = 1,659), mostly men (85%).
  
  
  
  Encounters with existing nutrition education classes were collected and outcomes were assessed.
  
  
  
  Primary outcome was weight change; the predictor was visits or encounters.
  
  
  
  One-way ANOVA.
  
  
  
  In this sample, ≥ 3 nutrition education encounters were associated with significantly more body weight loss compared with 1-2 encounters or no education (-1.62%, 0.2%, and -0.23%, respectively; P = .01).
  
  
  
  Three or more nutrition education encounters within the MOVE! weight management program at the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center are associated with modest weight loss. Future prospective studies are needed to determine causality and confirm these findings.
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nutrition and Food Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Houston, TX; Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX. Electronic address: Katie.Braun@va.gov.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.affiliation: Texas Woman's University, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Megan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.affiliation: Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nutrition and Food Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Utech
authors.affiliation: Edwards Hines, Jr. Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nutrition and Food Service, Department of Veterans Affairs, Hines, IL.
authors.forename: Riesa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: List
authors.affiliation: Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, VA Puget Sound Health Care System and University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA; Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and Department of Medicine and Molecular and Cell Biology, Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
authors.forename: Jose M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000379:methods*; D006787:Hospitals, Veterans; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014728:Veterans; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs
keywords: nutrition education; obesity; veteran; weight management