Hanick, Cody J.
Peterson, Courtney M.
Davis, Brenda C.
Sabaté, Joan
Kelly, John H. Jr.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (T32 HL105349)
Department of the Army (W81XWH-05-1-0547)
Loma Linda University
Article History
Received: 6 March 2024
Accepted: 19 July 2024
First Online: 21 September 2024
Acknowledgements
: The authors are extremely grateful to the government of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, especially the Ministry of Health for providing Marshallese staff and medical professionals, sample processing and the building to set up the Diabetes Wellness Center; the RMI Diabetes Wellness Clinic for providing aid in recruitment and medical care for SMC participants; and the Canvasback Missions staff, who were invaluable in working with the Ministry of Health and conducting this trial. The authors also thank R. D. Harris (former physician at The Meridian Senior Retirement Center) and J. D. Spence (President and co-founder of Canvasback Missions, Inc.) for their help in conducting the trial and coordinating logistics. An abstract and a research poster were presented virtually at the American Diabetes Association’s 82nd Scientific Sessions on 3 June 2022.
: The datasets generated during and/or analysed in the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
: Open access funding provided by SCELC, Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium. This research was funded by the Department of the Army (W81XWH-05-1-0547). The sponsor had no role in the design and conduct of the trial or in the analysis, interpretation, and publication of data. CJH received support through a National Institutes of Health Predoctoral T32 Obesity Fellowship (T32 HL105349). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily reflect the views of the National Institutes of Health.
: BCD is the author of the books <i>Defeating Diabetes</i> and <i>The Kick Diabetes Cookbook: An Action Plan and Recipes for Defeating Diabetes</i>. The authors declare that there are no other relationships or activities that might bias, or be perceived to bias, their work.
: JHK designed the study, with input from JS. BCD and JHK conducted the study, including designing the menus, administering the intervention and acquiring data. CJH and CMP performed the statistical analyses and drafted the manuscript. All authors interpreted study data and revised and approved the final version of the manuscript. JHK is the guarantor of this work and, as such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.