Partnerships to Improve Lifestyle Interventions (PILI) 'Ohana Dissemination Project

A 12-week Individual-focused Behavioral Weight Loss Intervention. Our 12-week intervention is modeled after the Diabetes Prevention Program's (DPP) Lifestyle Intervention. Each of the 8 lessons of this 12-week intervention will be done in a group classroom setting via trained community peer educators for a total of 8 group meetings as outlined above. Lesson 1 through 4 will be done every week, once a week, for 4 weeks followed by every other week for the remaining 4 lessons (lessons 5 through 8). Each group meeting will have between 12 to 15 people and take 1 to 1 ½ hours to complete. After completing the 12-week behavioral weight loss intervention, participants will participate in an additional 6 lessons. A lesson will be done once-a-month. These 6 lessons will teach participants how to involve their family and friends in their healthy lifestyle changes.