Brief
Researchers in the Public Health Science Division seek to recruit more than 500 healthy overweight and sedentary postmenopausal women, between ages 50 and 75 (including 100 African-American and 100 Asian), who live in the Seattle area and are willing to travel to the Center for a yearlong exercise or nutrition intervention. The National Cancer Institute-funded Nutrition and Exercise for Women (NEW) Study will examine the effects of exercise and nutrition on breast-cancer risk factors.
Eligibility requirements include being a nonsmoker, not using hormone therapy for the past six months, getting less than an hour of moderate activity per week, and having a body mass index of 25 or greater. Those who qualify must be willing to not participate in any other exercise or weight-loss programs during the 12-month study enrollment and must be willing to be randomly (like the toss of a coin) assigned to one of four following groups:
At the end of the yearlong study, these women will receive a free, two-month pass to the Center's state-of-the-art exercise facility and get to work out under the supervision of a personal trainer. They'll also get a chance to attend four group weight-loss meetings and will receive a variety of educational handouts about diet and exercise.
The study will be conducted at the Hutchinson Center Prevention Studies Clinic in the Arnold Building. Designated parking for study participants is free of charge.
Women interested in more information may call the NEW Study information line at (206) 667-6444 or e-mail new@fhcrc.org.
