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Published Online: 1 July 2011

Weight Loss Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness: A Randomized Controlled Trial of the RENEW Program

Abstract

Objective:

This study assessed phases one and two of a three-phase weight-loss program called RENEW—Recovering Energy Through Nutrition and Exercise for Weight Loss—among individuals with serious mental illness at four mental health centers. RENEW provides meal replacements twice daily and intensive instruction in nutrition and meal preparation, exercise, and goal setting for three months followed by three months of maintenance.

Methods:

Individuals grouped by the psychiatric medication they took were assigned randomly to RENEW or to a control group.

Results:

Participants who completed RENEW (N=47) had lost more weight on average than had the control group (N=42) at three and six months (weight loss of 5.3 and 4.4 pounds, respectively, versus weight gain of .1 pounds and weight loss of .9 pounds, respectively; F=5.74, df=2 and 82, p=.005). Results did not vary on the basis of type of medication.

Conclusions:

Weight loss programs that address cognitive impairments that may accompany serious mental illness can be effective. (Psychiatric Services 62:800–802, 2011)

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Table 1 Weight of participants in the RENEW weight loss intervention, by risk of weight gain associated with medication

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Pages: 800 - 802
PubMed: 21724796

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Published online: 1 July 2011
Published in print: July 2011

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Catana Brown, Ph.D. [email protected]
Dr. Brown is affiliated with the Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, Midwestern University, 19555 N. 59th Ave., Glendale, AZ 85308 (e-mail: [email protected]).
Jeannine Goetz, Ph.D.
Dr. Goetz is with the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition and Dr. Hamera is with the School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.
Edna Hamera, Ph.D.
Dr. Goetz is with the Department of Dietetics and Nutrition and Dr. Hamera is with the School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas.

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