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NDHI<br />
NAT IONAL DIALOGUE FOR<br />
Healthcare Innovation<br />
• Weekly Lifestyle Meetings: Member meetings led by<br />
an advisor who has lost weight using the program<br />
and is trained to counsel members on best practices<br />
• 24/7 Expert Chat: Real-time online chat availability<br />
at all times<br />
• Easy-To-Use Digital Tools: A platform of tools that<br />
help members find resources and track activity,<br />
food consumption, and weight loss<br />
Path Forward<br />
Given the program’s success in reducing patients’<br />
weight, as well as its recent recognition as a diabetes<br />
prevention program by the CDC, Weight Watchers<br />
will continue to promote the program and partner with<br />
health care payers to ensure it is available to engage<br />
patients and prevent diabetes.<br />
Value Delivered<br />
The CDC defines successful diabetes prevention programs<br />
as those that achieve an average weight loss<br />
of 5%, while recent data shows that even a 3% weight<br />
loss improves blood glucose levels and other health risk<br />
indicators. In a randomized clinical trial of the Weight<br />
Watchers program run by Indiana University, patients<br />
in the program exceeded the CDC’s benchmarks for<br />
weight loss and achieved greater success than those<br />
who self-initiated prevention activities: 3<br />
• On average, participants lost 5.55% of their body<br />
weight at six months versus 0.8% loss from the<br />
control group<br />
• The Weight Watchers patients fully maintained<br />
their weight loss at 12 months, while the control<br />
group only retained only 0.2% body weight loss at<br />
12 months<br />
3 Marrero et. al. “Comparison of Commercial and Self-Initiated<br />
Weight Loss Programs in People With Prediabetes: A Randomized<br />
Control Trial”, http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.303035<br />
Beyond the Scale Program and Preventing Diabetes<br />
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