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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.

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.

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