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Trial reportJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2018

Nutrition Literacy among Cancer Survivors: Feasibility Results from the Healthy Eating and Living Against Breast Cancer (HEAL-BCa) Study: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

Niyati Parekh, Jieying Jiang, Marissa Buchan, Marleen Meyers, Heather Gibbs, Paul Krebs

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Health Literacy in Surgery.Health literacy research and practice · 2020
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  6. Dietary interventions for adult cancer survivors.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  11. Perceived food literacy in women with gynecologic cancer receiving chemotherapy.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Niyati ParekhCollege of Global Public Health, New York University, 715-719 Broadway, Room 1220, New York, NY, 10003, USA. Niyati.parekh@nyu.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3380-1763
Jieying JiangDepartment of Preventive Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
Marissa BuchanMemorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Food and Nutrition Services, New York, NY, USA.
Marleen MeyersDepartment of Medicine, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, NY, USA.
Heather GibbsDepartment of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
Paul KrebsDepartment of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knowledge of nutrition among breast cancer patients is insufficient, despite their motivation to seek valid information about healthy food choices. This study examines the feasibility of nutrition education workshops for cancer survivors, to inform the design of a multi-center intervention. Fifty-nine female English-speaking breast cancer patients, who had completed treatment, were enrolled. Participants were randomized to the intervention or control group. The intervention group attended six nutrition education sessions, and the control group received brochures. Measurements were done at baseline and 3-month follow-up and included the Assessment Instrument for Breast Cancer (NLit-BCa), fruit/vegetable and general health literacy screeners. Height and weight were measured. Changes in nutrition literacy, health literacy, and food intake from baseline to follow-up (within-group change) were calculated for both groups (effect sizes were reported as Cohen's d). Participants were mostly white, with a mean age of 58 years, BMI of 31.6 kg/m

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Diet, HealthyNutrition TherapyAdultBreast NeoplasmsCancer SurvivorsCase-Control StudiesFeasibility StudiesFemaleHealth LiteracyHumansMiddle AgedMotivationPilot ProjectsPrognosisBreast cancer survivorsNLit-BCaNutrition educationNutrition literacy

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PMID28624990

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