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Deaf Weight Wise: A novel randomized clinical trial with Deaf sign language users.

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Community-based participatory research informed the design of the Deaf Weight Wise (DWW) trial and intervention. DWW, a community-engaged, culturally appropriate, and language-accessible behavioral weight loss intervention, was successful with Deaf ASL users.

Barnett S, Matthews K, DeWindt L, Sutter E, Samuel-Hodge C, Yang H, Pearson TA; Deaf Weight Wise Study Group. Deaf Weight Wise: A novel randomized clinical trial with Deaf sign language users. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Mar 8. doi: 10.1002/oby.23702. 

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