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Culturally-Adapted Diet for Puerto Rican Adults

NCT03975556 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 45

Last updated 2021-07-23

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot project will determine whether a diet culturally-adapted to Puerto Ricans can effectively decrease cardiometabolic risk for diabetes. This will help define a culturally-appropriate, feasible, and sustainable diet intervention aimed at reducing type 2 diabetes and obesity outcomes.

Conditions

  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
  • Obesity
  • Hypertension
  • Dyslipidemias
  • High Triglycerides
  • High Blood Glucose
  • Abdominal Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Culturally tailored food and diet advice

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

BEHAVIORAL

Standard healthy eating advice

Standard healthy eating education includes strategies, foods, portions, and cooking and eating tips included in the My Plate dietary recommendations

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • FDI Clinical Research

    collaborator OTHER

  • Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose F Rodriguez Orengo, PhD · FDI Clinical Research

  • Josiemer Mattei, PhD, MPH · Harvard Chan School of Public Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
25 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-07-01
Primary Completion
2021-06-30
Completion
2021-06-30

Countries

  • Puerto Rico

Study Locations

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Diseases

Read the full study record

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