| The Look AHEAD Project is a landmark, multiple-year clinical investigation of how weight loss affects the rate of heart attack, stroke and cardiovascular disease in men and women who are overweight and have type 2 diabetes. The study receives funding from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer, MD, Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, and Director of the Obesity Research Center at St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, is national co-principal investigator of this 16-site landmark study, as well as the principal investigator for the St. Luke's-Roosevelt site. More than 5,000 volunteers are enrolled nationwide to participate in Look AHEAD. All participants will benefit from ongoing diabetes education and support and will be followed for up to seven and a half years "Obesity in America is a serious risk factor for a number of diseases and conditions, diabetes especially," says Dr. Pi-Sunyer. "This study will help us understand the effects of weight loss on diabetes and many other disorders." The study is currently closed to enrollment of new participants. Study follow-up will continue through 2012. For more information on the Look AHEAD project, contact the NY Program Coordinator, Jennifer Patricio, at 212-523-8001, or visit http://www.niddk.nih.gov/patient/SHOW/lookahead.htm If you are a participant in the Look AHEAD project, visit the new Look AHEAD website for participants, at http://www.lookaheadstudy.org You will need a password to log in. Get your password from your clinic (New York clinic: 212-523-8037). |