This project will determine whether a diet culturally adapted to adults in Puerto Rico can effectively decrease cardiometabolic risk factors. This will help define a culturally-appropriate, feasible, and sustainable diet intervention aimed at reducing cardiovascular, type 2 diabetes, and obesity outcomes.
Who can participate
Age range30 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion criteria
✓. Age 30-65y old at the time of enrollment
✓. Non-institutionalized
✓. Living in PR at the time of recruitment and for at least the previous year and not planning to move from the island within the next 3 years
✓. Able to answer questions without assistance
✓. Having a cellphone with the capacity to receive text messages and be willing to receive daily text messages from the study on the designated cellphone number
✓. Having at least one of the following:
✓. elevated BMI
✓. elevated waist circumference
Exclusion criteria
✕. Under 30 or over 65 years of age (on the day of the interview).
✕. Currently not living in Puerto Rico or not lived on the island for at least 1 year or planning to move within 3 years
✕. Institutionalized
✕. Not able to answer questions without assistance
✕. Not having at least 1 of the five listed metabolic criteria
✕. Self-reported physician-diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes or use of diabetes medication (including insulin) or diabetes-diagnosis values confirmed by laboratory
What they're measuring
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10-year risk score for a first atherosclerotic CVD event (ASCVD score)