Design and rationale for ADAPT+: Optimizing an intervention to promote healthy behaviors in rural, Latino youth with obesity and their parents, using mindfulness strategies

Latino youth living in rural areas represent an ethnic and geographical minority population at increased risk for obesity and obesity-related complications. We previously modified our child obesity intervention to be a multi-family behavioral intervention, Adaptando Dieta y Acci ón Para Todos (ADAPT), to better meet the needs of our target population, rural Latino youth with obesity (8–12 years old) and their parents. Recognizing the role of parent stress on obesity, the main goal of this study is to 1) further refine and optimize the original ADAPT multi-family behavi oral obesity intervention protocol to include mindfulness parent stress reduction strategies (now called ADAPT+) and then 2) assess the feasibility of ADAPT+ implementation via a small randomized control trial (RCT) with rural Latino families.

Source: Contemporary Clinical Trials - December 8, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Marilyn Stern, Laura Redwine, Sandra Soca Lozano, Diana Rancourt, Carmen Rodriguez, Heewon L. Gray, Sharen Lock, Rocio Bailey Source Type: research