Implementing a Low-Calorie diet to Enhance weight loss in the diabetes Prevention Program during a humanitarian Crisis: A pilot pragmatic randomized trial in Venezuela
Initiating the DPP with intensive low-calorie restriction led to greater weight loss and improved chances of meeting weight loss goals during a humanitarian crisis.
Authors
- Roald Gómez‐Pérez
- Goodarz Danaei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2456-5463)
- María M. Infante-García
- Juan P. González‐Rivas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7676-7900)
- Ramfis Nieto‐Martínez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0575-7534)
- Eunice Ugel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6049-3351)
- María Inés Marulanda
- Jeffrey I. Mechanick (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0657-588X)
- Rebeca Figueroa Heras
Institutions
- Universidad de Los Andes (VE)
- Hospital Clínico Universitario de Caracas (VE)
- Mount Sinai Hospital (US)
- International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital Brno (CZ)
- Public Health Foundation (US)
- Petroleum of Venezuela (Venezuela) (VE)
- Harvard Global Health Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
- Published
- 2025-02-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2025.112051
- Primary Topic
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health