2. Design and methods
diabetes
DIABETES
Patients at risk for developing diabetes were randomly assigned (2-1) by the project manager to either an RCT or Choice study arm using a blocked (groups of 4) randomization table stratified by sex created by the study statistician. Patients in the RCT arm were further randomized (1-1-1) to one of three groups: (1) a 2-h small group class designed to help patients develop a personal action plan to prevent diabetes (SC) (This paper presents weight related outcomes associated with the randomized control trial arm of the DiaBEAT-it study (