Assessing the Effectiveness of a Weight Watchers-based Lifestyle Intervention for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes

"The standard Weight Watchers program will serve as the base curriculum. Persons with increased risk for developing type 2 diabetes will be exposed to an initial orientation session designed to frame the rationale for participation in the program and to encourage attendance to a core series of sessions. This orientation session will reinforce the pre-diabetes status of participants and present the rationale for lifestyle modification as a means to reduce diabetes risk. In addition, this session will highlight the recommended sessions and topics that are needed to help reduce risk."