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Lead
Kaiser Permanente
With
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Age
30–85
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
* Men and women
* At least 30 years of age
* BMI 30-50 kg/m2 (inclusive)
* Weight \<400 lbs
* Reside in Portland metropolitan area including Vancouver/Clark County, Washington
* Willing and able to participate in all aspects of the intervention
* Willing to attend the group-based weight loss program for 6 months
* Willing to follow a reduced calorie healthy dietary pattern
* Willing to exercise on a regular basis
* Willing to lose 10 pounds during the 6-month weight loss program
* Willing to accept random assignment to one of the two maintenance interventions
* Willing to provide informed consent
You may not be if
Medical conditions or treatments that would be contraindicated using a diet and exercise weight loss treatment
Treatment for cancer (except for non-melanoma skin cancer) currently or in the past 2 years
Diabetes treated with insulin; does not exclude diet-controlled, controlled with sulfonylurea (glyburide, glipizide, etc.) with primary physician's approval, or controlled with other oral agents (metformin, precose, glitazone.)
Psychiatric hospitalization in past 2 years
Conditions that require limitation of physical activity
Congestive heart failure
Cardiovascular disease (stroke, MI, CABG, angioplasty/stent) in the past 2 years
Taking weight loss medications currently or within past 6 months
Any history of weight loss surgery or scheduled surgery for weight loss.
Liposuction in the past 12 months
Prior acupuncture or acupressure treatments for weight loss
Planning to leave the area prior to the end of the program
Body weight change \> 20 pounds in the past 6 months
Pregnant, breast feeding, or planning pregnancy prior to the end of participation
Current participation in another clinical trial
Investigator discretion for safety or adherence reasons
Household member (living at the same address) of another participant in this study
LIFE clinical trial staff member or family member of LIFE trial staff person
