Originally published: . Volume 13, No. 6. Source pages: 8.
Dr. Corby Martin, along with colleagues and lead author Dr. Christoph Höchsmann, who is a former postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Martin's lab, have a new article, "Association Between Weight Loss, Change In Physical Activity, and Change in Quality of Life Following a Corporately Sponsored, Online Weight Loss Program," published in the journal BMC Public Health. The research involved quality of life analysis and its correlation to corporate weight loss programs. His findings showed that quality of life, as assessed by self-report, increased with weight loss and was further enhanced by physical activity. Dr. Martin is the director of both the Ingestive Behavior, Weight Management, & Health Promotion Laboratory and the Human Phenotyping Core of Pennington Biomedical’s NIH-funded Nutrition Obesity Research Center (NORC). His work in the modification of health behaviors includes applied technology used to modify eating behaviors and has been used to develop smartphone applications to measure food intake, household food waste, portion control, and overall weight management. The study involved 26,658 participants, 79% of whom were women. After 10 weeks in the online weight loss program, a quality of life index was evaluated using logistic regression analysis. The results were conclusive and found a positive correlation between weight loss and physical activity with improved quality of life. Dr. Martin research and expertise have been used to help patients with low health literacy throughout Louisiana and to develop predictive mathematical models for weight management. He has been published in several publications for his work in obesity prevention and weight modification.
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