| Titre : | Efficacy of a Community- and Family-Based Intervention on Cardiovascular Fitness and Cardiometabolic Disease Risk Factors Among Primarily Latino Families (2025) |
| Auteurs : | Noe C. Crespo, Auteur ; Sonia Vega-López, Auteur ; Jacob Szeszulski, Auteur ; Michael Todd, Auteur |
| Type de document : | Article : texte imprimé |
| Dans : | American Journal of Health Promotion (vol. 39, n° 5, juin 2025) |
| Article en page(s) : | pp. 786–795 |
| Langues : | Anglais |
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| Résumé : |
"Background
Targeting cardiovascular fitness (CVF), rather than weight loss, may be a more acceptable and feasible outcome among Latinos. Purpose The purpose of this study was to test the short-term efficacy of Athletes for Life (AFL), a fitness- and lifestyle-focused behavioral intervention to improve CVF and performance among Latino families. Methods Latino parent-child dyads (n = 137) were randomized to either AFL program or a waitlist control condition. AFL consisted of 24 group family-based, nutrition and sport/fitness oriented 90-minute sessions (twice-weekly). Measures included 1-mile run/walk time, three-minute step test, accelerometer-measured physical activity, body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, DEXA-measured % body fat, cardiometabolic risk biomarkers, and sociodemographic characteristics. Group differences at post-intervention were tested using ANCOVA analyses adjusting for outcome values at baseline and demographic variables. Results Parents were primarily female (93%), aged 38.3 ± 6.9 years, and 96% Latino and children were 8.8 ± 1.7 years old and 58% female. Intervention participants showed significantly faster adjusted post-intervention 1-mile run/walk times compared to control group participants (difference of −76.6 seconds P 0.05. Conclusions The AFL program successfully improved aerobic performance among underserved Latino families with no observable changes in adiposity. These results support that fitness may be a more viable and acceptable outcome among Latino families than weight loss." |
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