Preventing Breast Cancer Recurrence Through a Tailored Lifestyle Intervention.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Female
- Age 21 to 65
- History of stage 1, 2, or 3 breast cancer
- Completed primary treatments (chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgical treatment) for
breast cancer (with or without maintenance therapy) within the last 3 months to 5
years of providing consent
- Be willing/able to attend groups and assessments in Gainesville or Jacksonville
- BMI of 27 to 45 kg/m2
- Weight-stable, i.e., not lost ≥ 10 lbs in the preceding 6 months, or since the end of
primary treatment
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of bariatric surgery
- Pregnant, lactating, or planning on becoming pregnant in next 12 months.
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Serious infectious disease
- Chronic malabsorption syndrome
- Uncontrolled angina within the past 6 months
- History of musculo-skeletal or chronic lung diseases that limit physical activity
- Serum creatinin > 1.5 mg/dL
- Uncontrolled or insulin-dependent diabetes (i.e., hemoglobin A1c< 10 g/dL, fasting
serum triglycerides > 400 mg/dL; oral medications are not exclusionary)
- At-rest blood pressure > 140/90 mg/Hg
- Myocardial infarction
- Stroke
- Congestive heart failure
- Chronic hepatitis
- Cirrhosis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- History of solid organ transplantation
- Cancer treatment within past 5 years (other than for breast cancer)
- Any other physical condition (other than history of breast cancer) deemed likely to
limit 5-year life expectancy or significantly interfere with individuals' ability to
participate in a lifestyle intervention involving eating and physical activity
changes.
- Use of antipsychotic medications, monoamine oxidase inhibitors, systemic
corticosteroids, human immunodeficiency virus or tuberculosis antibiotics,
chemotherapeutics medications, or weight-loss medications.
- Significant psychiatric disorder
- Illicit drug use or excessive use of alcohol (i.e., > 2 drinks/day)
- Currently participating in Weight Watcher's or another weight loss program
- Currently participating in another research study
- Unable to read English at the 5th grade level
- Unable/unwilling to provide informed consent
- Unwilling to receive random assignment to TLI or CWLP