Abstract
This study examined the logistical, practical, and cultural preferences of Latinos regarding the design of a healthy eating, physical activity, and body image intervention. Puerto Rican and Mexican men (n = 203) completed an interview as part of an NIH-funded study. Overall, 66.5% preferred the intervention to be in Spanish only or both Spanish and English; 88.67% said it was moderately, very or extremely important for the intervention leader to be bilingual; and 66.01% considered it moderately to extremely important for the leader to be Hispanic or Latino. Most participants (83.74%) reported they would be willing to attend an intervention that met twice per week and 74.38% said they would be willing to attend an intervention that met for 1.5 to 2 h, twice weekly. Overall, the majority said they would be moderately to extremely interested in attending an exercise program if it consisted of aerobics with Latin or salsa movements (74.88%) and if it consisted of aerobics with Latin or salsa music (70.44%). Some participants were moderately to extremely interested in attending an intervention if it included dichos (Latino sayings) (65.02%) and cuentos (folktales or stories) (69.46%). The findings have implications for lifestyle and body image interventions aimed at preventing cardiometabolic diseases.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Article number | 4634 |
| Journal | Nutrients |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 21 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Nov 2022 |
Funding
This study was funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, Grant numbers R21CA143636 and R1CA143636-S to Sanchez-Johnsen. Research reported in this publication was also supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, Grant numbers U54CA202995, U54CA202997, and U54CA203000 to Sanchez-Johnsen, Amanda-Dykema-Engblade, Alfred Rademaker, Magdalena Nava, and Leonilda Calderon. Additional funding was provided by the Department of Psychiatry and the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Illinois at Chicago, the University of Illinois Cancer Center, the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System- Population Health Sciences Program to Sanchez-Johnsen. Additional services were provided by the UIC Center for Clinical and Translational Science (Funded by UL1TR000050). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.
Keywords
- Latino men
- body image
- diet
- intervention
- obesity
- physical activity
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Food Science
- Nutrition and Dietetics
