Achieving cultural congruency in weight loss interventions: can a spirituality-based program attract and retain an inner-city community sample?

Unlabelled: Ethnic minorities continue to be disproportionately affected by obesity and are less likely to access healthcare than Caucasians. It is therefore imperative that researchers develop novel methods that will attract these difficult-to-reach groups. The purpose of the present study is to describe characteristics of an urban community sample attracted to a spiritually based, weight loss intervention.