Anu Sharma

TL;DR: Modest, medium-term changes in weight are achievable as a component of lifestyle-change strategies, which might control or prevent adiposity-related diseases.

TL;DR: Bhopal et al. as discussed by the authors studied the effect of a lifestyle intervention on weight change in south Asian individuals in the UK at high risk of Type 2 diabetes in a family-cluster randomised controlled trial.

TL;DR: The PODOSA experience shows that a community orientated, personal approach for recruiting South Asian ethnic minority populations can be successful in a trial setting and it is recommended that consideration is given to cover recruitment costs associated with community engagement and other personalised approaches.

TL;DR: The insights gained in PODOSA (including time pressures on investigators, imperfections in the adaptation process, the power of verbal rather than written information, the utilization of English and the mother-tongue languages simultaneously by participants and the costs) might help the research community, given the challenge of health promotion in multi-ethnic, urban societies.

TL;DR: PODOSA is one of the first community-based, randomised lifestyle intervention trials in a UK South Asian population and aims at reducing weight and increasing physical activity in people of Indian and Pakistani origin at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes.