Development of a Mobile Phone-Based Weight Loss Lifestyle Intervention for Filipino Americans with Type 2 Diabetes: Protocol and Early Results From the PilAm Go4Health Randomized Controlled Trial

45 overweight Filipino Americans with non-insulin dependent Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), mean age 57 years, 17 males and 28 females. Key inclusion criteria: self-identified as Filipino, age >18 years, BMI >23 kg/m2, physician diagnosed T2D, and own a smartphone, tablet, or laptop computer. Key exclusion criteria: uncontrolled T2D (fasting blood glucose >200 mg/dL), disabilities precluding ability to walk for 20 minutes, or glucose metabolism-associated disease.

PilAm Go4Health Weight Loss Program: a 3-month culturally adapted mobile phone-based lifestyle intervention using digital technology (Fitbit Zip, mHealth app, private Facebook group, tailored goals, and in-person meetings) followed by a 3-month maintenance phase.

Waitlist active control group receiving a Fitbit Zip and Hepatitis B education for a 3-month control period, before transitioning to receive the PilAm Go4Health intervention.

Percent weight change at 3 months.surrogate