促进墨西哥移民减肥的创新方法:试点研究
Jennifer Leng1,2, Florence Lui3, Bharat Narang4
1Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA. lengj@mskcc.org.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
|November 7, 2023
概括
12周的生活方式干预改善了超重的墨西哥裔美国人的健康行为. 该计划,COMIDA (吃更多的理想食物选择),使用饮食咨询和短信来促进更健康的饮食和增加体育活动.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 行为科学 行为科学
背景情况:
- 墨西哥裔美国人面临高肥胖率,增加糖尿病,心脏病和癌症的风险.
- 在这个人口群体中解决肥胖问题对于公共卫生结果至关重要.
- 有效促进健康需要文化定制的干预措施.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估西班牙语生活方式干预措施的有效性,COMIDA (吃更多理想的食物选择),针对超重/肥胖的墨西哥裔美国人.
- 评估体重,饮食摄入量,体力活动和营养知识的变化.
- 为了确定基于自动化组件的社区干预是否是一种可扩展的方法.
主要方法:
- 154名超重/肥胖的墨西哥裔美国人参加了为期12周的COMIDA干预.
- 干预包括饮食咨询,减肥资源和每周三次的短信.
- 在干预前和后评估体重,饮食摄入量,体育活动和营养知识.
主要成果:
- 完成随访的28%的参与者减轻了≥5%的基线体重.
- 干预后,参与者增加了水果消费,减少了苏打水,甜面包,炸食品和红肉的摄入量.
- 在体力活动水平和营养知识方面观察到显著的改善.
结论:
- 以社区为基础的生活方式干预,包括像短信这样的自动化组件,可以有效地控制体重.
- 这种方法提供了一个可扩展和具有成本效益的策略,以解决贫困人口的超重/肥胖问题.
- 文化适应的干预措施对于改善风险社区的健康结果至关重要.
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