心+灵文化定制大脑健康饮食的可行性:试点研究
Ashley R Shaw1, Robyn Honea1, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam2
1Department of Neurology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
American journal of lifestyle medicine
|November 14, 2024
概括
适应黑人美国人的健康大脑饮食干预显示出高可行性和可接受性. "心灵+灵魂"计划改善了身体组成,认知和饮食,这表明有可能减少阿尔茨海默病的风险因素.
科学领域:
- 神经科学与公共卫生
- 老年学和营养科学研究
背景情况:
- 阿尔茨海默病 (AD) 不成比例地影响黑人美国人,增加他们的风险.
- 需要文化适应的饮食干预措施来降低这一群体的AD风险.
- 对黑人美国社区大脑健康饮食的现有研究是有限的.
研究的目的:
- 评估黑人美国人适应大脑健康饮食干预措施 (MIND + SOUL) 的可行性和可接受性.
- 为了探索干预后心脏代谢风险和认知功能的变化.
- 评估MIND + SOUL干预措施在促进健康老龄化和降低AD风险方面的潜力.
主要方法:
- 一项为期12周的试点研究,涉及29名美国黑人参与者 (平均年龄70.3岁).
- 干预包括文化定制的教育,课程,健康指导和杂货.
- 通过出席/保留来衡量可行性;通过问卷来衡量可接受性. 评估了心脏代谢风险和认知能力.
主要成果:
- 高可行性 (89.3%的保留率) 和可接受性 (平均得分71.9).
- 在体重指数 (P=0.009),饮食摄入量 (P=0.042) 和执行功能 (P<0.001) 中观察到显著改善.
- 没有检测到血液生物标志物的显著变化.
结论:
- "心灵+灵魂"的干预对黑人美国人来说是可行的,也是可以接受的.
- 该计划在改善身体组成,认知功能和饮食行为方面表现有前途.
- 研究结果表明,这种干预可能有助于降低阿尔茨海默病的风险因素,并支持健康的衰老.
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