Program of Healthy Lifestyle Promotion in Yaqui Indigenous in Sonora

Summary

Obesity has become an epidemic worldwide and is considered one of the main causes related to type 2 diabetes. The World Health Organization reported that in 2016, 39% of adults were overweight, while the percentage of obesity was 13%, together 1900 million people were overweight/obese. While in 2014 it was reported that 8.5% of the population in the world suffered from type 2 diabetes. On the other hand, in the national context, the last report of 2016 that 72.5% of the Mexican population suffers from overweight/obesity. In addition, in 2006, 14.4% of Mexicans suffered from type 2 diabetes.

Obesity is a complex chronic state that is developed by an imbalance between the energy ingested and the energy expended. In addition, obesity is considered a chronic inflammatory state of low degree of cause of the immune response generated, as a consequence of the increase of adipose tissue; what explains the imbalance in the markers of inflammation. This inflammation condition has been related to the generation of insulin resistance, the increase in glucose levels and the appearance of various pathologies such as type 2 diabetes and other risk factors for cardiovascular diseases.

The Yaqui ethnic group is located in the center-south zone of the state of Sonora, distributed in 8 traditional villages. A recent study conducted in the Yaqui community reported a prevalence of overweight and obesity of 25% and 43% respectively. In 2008, a prevalence of type 2 diabetes of 18.3% was reported in its inhabitants.

On the other hand, there are successful programs in reducing body weight through interventions aimed at modifying lifestyles such as eating habits and physical function called Lifestyle Modification Programs. These programs have been supported through controlled and randomized clinical trials. Such is the case of the Diabetes Prevention Program. Which has achieved weight reduction and increased physical activity in the subjects treated. The Diabetes Prevention Program has been recognized and adapted for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has been dubbed the "National Diabetes Prevention Program".

The present study is a translational research clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a program to promote the parameters of obesity and diabetes in the cardiovascular communities in the Yaqui community of the state of Sonora.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy lifestyle promotion program

Before implementing the healthy lifestyle program, it will be adapted according to the characteristics of the Yaqui community, their type of food and the activities they carry out, so that the intervention program is culturally accepted by the community. The intervention will consist of two stages, an intensive phase and a maintenance phase. In the intensive phase, 16 weekly group sessions will be given with the aim of achieving a 5% body weight loss and ensuring that the participants do at least 150 minutes of physical activity per week. In the maintenance phase, 6 monthly group sessions will be given in order to maintain the results achieved in the first stage. In the same maintenance phase, but from 12 to 18 months, the lifestyle trainers will make home visits to the participants. Lifestile trainers will record body weight, physical activity and food consumption. In this period there will be no sessions, only monthly visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo A.C.

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Julián Esparza-Romero, Ph.D · Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

20 Years

Max Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-07-24

Primary Completion

2020-02-20

Completion

2021-03-31

Countries

• Mexico

Study Locations