Perceptions of an acceptance-based weight management treatment among adults living in rural areas.

Obesity and obesity-related comorbidities disproportionately affect rural communities. Research has emerged in support of a novel acceptance-based behavioural weight management treatment (ABT) that integrates the principles and procedures of acceptance-commitment therapy (ACT) with traditional components of standard behavioural treatment (SBT). The current study assessed the perceptions of community stakeholders in rural areas to session materials of a commercially available ABT program.

Rural/urban disparities in access to the National Diabetes Prevention Program.

Residents of rural communities generally have limited access to preventive health services such as lifestyle programs for weight management. In 2009, the U.S.