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Sociodemographic and health risk profile associated with participation in a private health insurance weight loss maintenance and chronic disease management program
australian health review, vol. 44, no. 4, pp. 642–649, 2020
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Objective Identifying who participates in chronic disease management programs yields insights into program reach and appeal. This study investigated sustained participation in a remotely delivered weight loss maintenance program offered to Australian private health insurance members. Methods All participants completing an initial 18-week weight loss program were eligible for a maintenance phase. A pre-post test design was used and sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics of those who did and did not opt in to the maintenance phase were compared using binary logistic regression. Results Maintenance phase participants lost more weight during the initial weight loss program (−2.2 kg (P
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Bronwyn McGill; Blythe J. OâHara; Anne C. Grunseit; Adrian Bauman; Luke Lawler; Philayrath Phongsavan. (2020). Sociodemographic and health risk profile associated with participation in a private health insurance weight loss maintenance and chronic disease management program. australian health review, 44(4), 642–649. https://doi.org/10.1071/ah19046
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