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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Sep 4;36(2):10.1016/j.cct.2013.08.011. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.08.011

Table 1.

Clinic Topics

Weight Loss (FTF)
Phase
Lesson Title Focus
Intro Program Introduction: Intro to diet, meeting
format, group members
Diet/Exercise/Behavior
1 Diet Review and Benefits of Exercise Diet/Exercise
2 Goal Setting, Realistic Weight Loss Goals,
Personal Reasons for Weight Loss and setting
goals for Exercise
Behavior
3 Increasing Fruits and Vegetables/Benefits of
Fiber
Diet
4 Exercise 101 (clothing, distractions, adverse
weather, etc.)
Exercise
5 Self-Monitoring of diet and exercise behaviors Diet/Exercise
6 Know Your Health Numbers (effects of nutrient
dense diet and PA on metabolic risk factors)
Diet/Exercise
7 Reading Food Labels – Your Tool to Healthy
Eating
Diet
8 Warm-up/Cool-down and Injury prevention Exercise
9 Making Exercise Part of Your Routine (i.e.,
planning, adherence, and coping with sore
muscles)
Exercise
10 F.I.T (Frequency, Intensity, and Duration) Exercise
11 Healthy cooking and Meal Planning Diet
12 Personal Plan (maintenance calories and
approved entrees)
Diet
Weight regain prevention
Month 0-3
(FTF)
13 Review of Program Goals/Objectives
Exercise Adherence (importance of attendance
and coping with life events)
Behavior/Exercise
14 Intuitive eating Diet/Behavior
15 Grocery Shopping Diet
16 Portion distortion Diet
17 Maintaining motivation for diet and exercise Diet/exercise
18 Exercising on vacation Exercise
19 Environmental Control Behavior
20 Eating on the Go / Hidden calories Diet
21 Resistance Training Exercise
22 Emotional Eating Diet/Behavior
23 Energy Density Diet
24 Circuit Training (With demo) Exercise
Weight regain prevention Month 3-12
(Phone)
26 Doing exercise on your own Exercise
28 Social Relationships and Social Situations Behavior
30 Benefits of Exercise (i.e., general physiology and
diseases)
Exercise
32 Mental Traps, Cognitive Attributions &
Reframing
Behavior
34 Myth Busters- Exercise Exercise
36 Coping with Cravings &Stress Related Eating
(Urge surfing)
Diet/Behavior
38 Increasing Lifestyle Activities and Decreasing
Sedentary Time
Exercise
40 Mindful Eating Diet
42 Myth Busters - Diet and fad diets Diet
44 Exercise Variety Exercise
46 Evidence Based Advice on Eating for Long-term
Weight Control
Diet/Behavior
48 Healthy Breakfast Tips/ Picking Healthy Snacks Diet
50 Energy expenditure and metabolism Exercise
52 Psychosocial Barriers to Weight Maintenance &
Self and Body Image
Behavior
54 Accountability and Self-Monitoring Revisited -
Looking towards the future
Behavior
56 Meal Planning Revisited Diet
58 Successful Weight Management Tips & Strategies/Relapse Prevention Revisited Diet/Exercise/Behavior
60 Reflecting and Re-Motivating and Reassessing Goals Behavior