TY - JOUR AU - Mitchell, Nia S. AU - Prochazka, Allan V. AU - Glasgow, Russell E. PY - 2016 TI - Time to RE-AIM: Why Community Weight Loss Programs Should Be Included in Academic Obesity Research T2 - Preventing Chronic Disease JO - Prev Chronic Dis SP - E37 VL - 13 CY - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. N2 - Despite decades of efficacy-based research on weight loss interventions, the obesity epidemic in the United States persists, especially in underserved populations. We used the RE-AIM (Reach, Efficacy/Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance) framework to describe the limitations of the current paradigm of efficacy-based research for weight loss interventions. We also used RE-AIM to propose that existing weight loss interventions (community-based programs) such as Jenny Craig, Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS), and Weight Watchers be studied to supplement the efficacy-based research approaches to achieve population-level impact on obesity. SN - 1545-1151 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150436 DO - 10.5888/pcd13.150436 ER -