The Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) Coordinating Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bi-sexual
and Transgender (LGBT) Issues has prioritized the collection of
health data on LGBT populations. In response, OWH funded an
initiative to "identify and test effective and innovative ways of
reducing obesity in lesbian and bisexual women". This initiative,
which will be implemented in a LBGT senior center in New York City,
will include nutritional and physical fitness counseling and
activities that build upon the IOM[1] Goal 1: Make physical
activity an integral and routine part of life, and Goal 3:
Transform messages about physical activity and nutrition. The
program is based on cognitive-behavioral theory and will be
tailored to overweight bisexual and lesbian women 60 years and
over. The program will enroll a minimum of 40 older lesbian and
bisexual women and will include 14 weekly peer-moderated sessions
during which participants will engage in 10 minutes of physical
activity (e.g., yoga), learn and perform a featured
resistance-training exercise, learn about a featured
fruit/vegetable/legume with supporting recipes, and participate in
a group discussion on a pre-specified topic (e.g., goal-setting,
cooking tips, exercise self-efficacy and coping mechanisms).
Educational materials will accompany the weekly sessions.
Participants will be provided with "Smart" pedometers that will
automatically synchronize with an activated computer available at
the intervention site, allowing for targeted goal setting using
step counts, and online interaction among participants choosing to
share their steps with others in the group. Participants will also
be encouraged to participate in walking groups and other physical
activity opportunities available at the senior center. Information
will be gathered and analyzed with the objective of identifying and
understanding the effects of this healthy weight intervention and
to inform the applicability of the intervention to other sites
across the United States. The project is scheduled for one
year.
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USC 301 Name of Law: 241 Public Health Service Act
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