Summary

Published Date: March 01, 2007

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.