Study population and recruitment
insulin-dependent diabetes
DISEASES, INSULIN-DEPENDENT DIABETES
Participants were recruited through Facebook advertising, flyers, a list of participants from a previous study, family/friends referral, and ResearchMatch or StudySearch. Individuals who were interested in the study were consented and then completed eligibility screening by phone or online survey using the Research Electronic Data Capture (REDCap) web application. Participants meeting the following criteria were eligible for the study: 1) lived in a rural Ohio county (according to the Rural-Urban Continuum Codes); 2) BMI ≥ 25kg/mEligible participants were grouped by their county of residency locations and scheduled an initial in-person visit at either Pike County YMCA (Waverly, OH), Jackson County Health Department (Jackson, OH), or Hardin County YMCA (Kenton, OH). For individuals who self-reported to have pre-existing health conditions (e.g., heart problems, insulin-dependent diabetes, poorly controlled blood pressure, other severe diseases), medical clearance from their respective physicians was obtained before the initial in-person visit.