¡Cocinar Para Su Salud!: Randomized Controlled Trial of a Culturally Based Dietary Intervention among Hispanic Breast Cancer Survivors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a need for culturally relevant nutrition programs targeted to underserved cancer survivors.

Objective

Our aim was to examine the effect of a culturally based approach to dietary change on increasing fruit/vegetable (F/V) intake and decreasing fat intake among Hispanic breast cancer survivors.

Design

Participants were randomized to Intervention and Control groups. Diet recalls, detailed interviews, fasting blood, and anthropometric measures were collected at baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months.

Participants/setting

Hispanic women (n=70) with stage 0 to III breast cancer who completed adjuvant treatment and lived in New York City were randomized between April 2011 and March 2012.

Intervention

The Intervention group (n=34) participated in ¡Coc

SUBMITTER: Greenlee H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5369235 | biostudies-literature | 2015 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature