Summary
This study tested the efficacy of an eight-week, culturally targeted, community-based nutrition and physical activity promotion intervention: Fight Cancer with Fitness! (FCF). A randomized, controlled trial was conducted in a Black-owned commercial gym with a sample of 366 predominantly overweight or obese but healthy African American women.
The authors found that dietary quality, as indexed by fruit and vegetable intake, improved significantly in the intervention group compared to the control group at a 12-month follow-up. The proportion of calories consumed as fat decreased in both groups.
The authors concluded that this individually-targeted cancer prevention intervention produced beneficial effects on dietary quality that were sustained for at least 12 months.
