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12-month Results for 1,401 Participants : A Social Return on Investment Analysis of the Healthy Weights Initiative

Lemstra ME

The Healthy Weights Initiative (HWI) is a free, comprehensive obesity reduction program in the cities of Regina and Moose Jaw in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada. To date, four peer-review publications have documented the clinical outcomes of the HWI with a focus on changes in health and behavioural outcomes like weight, body fat percentage, waist-to-hip ratio, blood pressure, blood cholesterol, blood sugar, self-report health, depressed mood, self-report mental health, quality of life, aerobic fitness, dietary behaviour and health care utilization