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| Study Participation |
| What wil my paricipation involve? |
- Completing various questionnaires about physical activity, health history, eating attitudes and feelings related to survivorship at enrollment, 6 months, and at 18 months.
- Completing 24-hour dietary recalls and physical activity recalls by telephone at enrollment and at 18 months.
- Giving a small blood sample at enrollment, 6 months, and at 18 months.
- Have height, weight, waist, and hip circumference measured at enrollment, 6 months, 18 months, and at study end (2 years).
- Have body composition measured and participate in a fitness test at enrollment, 6 months, and at 18 months.
- Being randomly assigned to one of two groups: the group-based program or a wait-list group.
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| Participants will receive: |
- Dietary assessment
- Monthly newsletters with information on health issues
- You will contribute a lot to our understanding of healthy weight management and possible prevention of breast cancer recurrence.
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| Who can paritipate? |
- Women 18 years and older.
- Diagnosed with Stage 0-IIIA breast cancer within the previous fifteen years, and have completed initial treatments (i.e., surgery, adjuvant chemotherapy, radiation).
- Women who are overweight.
- Women who have the willingness and ability to attend group meetings and to maintain contact with the investigators for two years.
- Women who are able to provide dietary data and physical activity by telephone at prescribed intervals.
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