Evidence map›Paper›PMID 37934337›Full record

ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2024

An Innovative Approach to Promote Weight Loss Among Mexican Immigrants: A Pilot Study.

Jennifer Leng, Florence Lui, Bharat Narang, Jacqueline Cabral, Jacqueline Finik, Minlun Wu, Josana Tonda, Francesca Gany

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 73% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. A scoping review of e/mHealth interventions for weight management in racial and ethnic minority adults in the United States.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2026
    Article
  2. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Jennifer LengImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA. lengj@mskcc.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4925-2842
Florence LuiDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
Bharat NarangImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Jacqueline CabralImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Jacqueline FinikImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Minlun WuImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Josana TondaVentanillas de Salud Program at the Consulate General of Mexico, New York, NY, USA.
Francesca GanyImmigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, 633 3rd Ave, New York, NY, 10016, USA.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI Hongbiao Carl Lekaye · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Training and Career Development CoreU54CA132378 · NCI · CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK · PI Bao Q Vuong · 2008 to 2026
$28.9M
Training and Career Development and Education CoreU54CA137788 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INST CAN RESEARCH · PI ADRIANA ESPINOSA, FRANCESCA M GANY · 2008 to 2026
$28.1M
NCI NIH HHS 5 U54 CA137788-08NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS U54 CA132378NCI NIH HHS U54 CA137788
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mexican Americans are among the highest risk groups for obesity and its associated health consequences, including diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. 154 overweight/obese Mexican Americans recruited from the Mexican Consulate in New York City were enrolled in COMIDA (Consumo de Opciones Más Ideales De Alimentos) (Eating More Ideal Food Options), a 12-week Spanish-language lifestyle intervention that included a dietary counseling session, weight-loss resources, and thrice-weekly text messages. Participants' weight (primary outcome); dietary intake, physical activity, and nutrition knowledge (secondary outcomes) were assessed pre- and post-intervention. Of the 109 who completed follow-up, 28% lost ≥ 5% of their baseline body weight. Post-intervention, participants consumed more fruit and less soda, sweet pastries, fried foods and red meat; increased physical activity; and evidenced greater nutrition knowledge. A community-based lifestyle intervention with automated components such as text messaging may be a scalable, cost-effective approach to address overweight/obesity among underserved populations.

Indexed as

ExerciseMexican AmericansObesityWeight LossAdultDietEmigrants and ImmigrantsFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHealth PromotionHumansLife StyleMaleMiddle AgedNew York CityOverweightCultural adaptationDietary counselingLimited English proficiencyMexican immigrantsObesityWeight loss intervention

Identifiers

PMID37934337
PMCPMC11624003
OpenAlexW4388461269

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.