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Trial reportNutrients2024

Feasibility Testing of the Health4LIFE Weight Loss Intervention for Primary School Educators Living with Overweight/Obesity Employed at Public Schools in Low-Income Settings in Cape Town and South Africa: A Mixed Methods Study.

Fatima Hoosen, Mieke Faber, Johanna H Nel, Nelia P Steyn, Marjanne Senekal

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Trial report in Nutrients, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Fatima HoosenHealth through Physical Activity, Lifestyle and Sport Research Centre (HPALS), FIMS International Collaborating Centre of Sports Medicine, Division of Physiological Sciences, Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa.ORCID 0009-0000-5395-7701
Mieke FaberNon-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-8878-254X
Johanna H NelDepartment of Logistics, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-0263-0116
Nelia P SteynDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-8297-6231
Marjanne SenekalDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town 7935, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9427-2319

Funding

national research fund of south africa N/A
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Given the high prevalence of overweight and obesity amongst educators, this study investigated the feasibility of the 16-week Health4LIFE weight loss intervention for primary school educators living with overweight/obesity in low-income settings in Cape Town, South Africa. The research comprised two sub-studies, a pilot randomised controlled trial testing the intervention (10 intervention,

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Feasibility StudiesSchoolsWeight LossWeight Reduction ProgramsAdultChildFemaleHealth PromotionHumansMaleOverweightPediatric ObesityPilot ProjectsPovertySchool Health ServicesSchool Teachersbehaviour changebelief patternshealthy eatingself-helpteachersweight management

Identifiers

PMID39339661
PMCPMC11435216

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