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Strong, healthy, energized
— striving for a healthy weight in an older lesbian population | | Author(s) | Ashley Tomisek, Brendan Flinn, Tanya Balsky, Cindy Gruman, Allison M Rizer |
| Journal title | Journal of Women and Aging, vol 29, no 3, 2017 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, 2017 |
| Pages | pp 230-242 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Lesbians ; Bi-sexuals ; Weight ; Good Health ; Obesity ; Clinical surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The US Office on Women's Health funded five pilot healthy weight intervention studies for lesbian and bisexual (LB) women, which included a program called Strong. Healthy. Energized (SHE). SHE was a 12-session program, targeted toward LB women age 60+, which focused on exercise (including a pedometer to track steps), nutrition, stress management, and group discussions. The program enrolled 39 participants. Waist circumference decreased by 3.7% across the group (p < .01). Participants with the lowest one-third baseline step count saw a marked step increase. This intervention was effective in improving health behaviours and short-term health outcomes for older LB women. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-170630225 A |
| Classmark | ES6DB: ES6E: 4X6: CD: CSA: 3G: 7T |
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