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NCT Number: NCT04724382

Healthy Eating Education for Latinos

This intervention aims to evaluate the efficacy of a pilot educational intervention with deep-structure cultural tailoring for Latino ethnic groups on diet quality compared to general, surface-level healthy-eating messages.

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Key information

Conditions

Diet, Healthy Behavior Behavior, Animal Blood Pressure Body Weight Diet Habit Feeding Behavior Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Psychological Signs and Symptoms

Age range

25 year–65 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health

Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Aged 25-65 y/o
  • Self-reported Hispanic/Latino heritage
  • Able to understand and answer questions in Spanish or English
  • Living in the Boston, MA metro area for the past 6 months and not planning to move in the next 6 months
  • Has a cellphone with the capacity of receiving text messages and gives consent for the Study to text this number as part of the intervention

Exclusion criteria

  • Younger than 25y or older than 65y
  • Not Hispanic/Latino heritage
  • Has condition or impairment that affects mental, cognitive, or memory abilities; such as Alzheimer's disease or stroke
  • Has been diagnosed with cancer, diabetes (type 1 or 2), heart condition, major stomach condition (examples: coronary heart disease, heart attack, stroke or stroke, allergies, or severe diet restrictions)
  • Does not understand Spanish or English
  • Pregnant
  • Under the care of an institution
  • Living in another state outside of Massachusetts or planning to move in less than 6 months
  • No cellphone with text capabilities (or cannot be used to receive texts from the Study)

Treatment and study plan

Culturally tailored healthy eating advice

Behavioral

Culturally-tailored education includes strategies for healthy eating, preferences for traditional healthy foods, recommendations for limiting unhealthy traditional foods, portion sizes, etc.

Standard healthy eating advice

Behavioral

Standard healthy eating education includes strategies, foods, portions, and cooking and eating tips for general dietary recommendations

Primary outcomes

  1. Changes in diet quality score

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in score of short diet quality screener (range 18-54; from lowest to highest quality)

  2. Changes in diet habits

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in the frequency of dietary behaviors (percent)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in diet satisfaction: diet satisfaction scale

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in the score of the Diet Satisfaction Questionnaire (DSat-45) (range 45-225; from lowest to highest satisfaction) and its summed seven subscales (ranges 5-40

  2. Changes in attitude for eating: attitudes scale

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in the score of the attitudes scale (range 0-20; with positive and negative subscales for more attitudes towards healthy eating)

  3. Changes in reasons for eating: reasons scale

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in the score of the reasons scale (range 0-15; fewer to more reasons to eat healthy)

Other outcomes

  1. Changes in depression score: CESD

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in score of depressive symptom screener (range 0-54; from lowest to highest symptoms)

  2. Change in levels of adipose risk factor

    Time frame: 4 months

    Estimate the change in the value of waist circumference (cm)

  3. Change in levels of blood pressure risk factors

    Time frame: 4 months

    Estimate the change in the value of systolic and diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

  4. Changes in dysfunctional eating behaviors

    Time frame: 4 months

    Determine the change in score of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (range 0-4; from lowest to highest dysfunctional eating and the three subscales of emotional, uncontrolled and restrictive eating behaviors)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Culturally-tailored Healthy Eating Education Intervention for Latinos in Massachusetts

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2021
First posted
Jan 26, 2021
Registry last updated
Oct 26, 2023

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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