AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN FIGHT CANCER WITH FITNESS (FCF)

描述：（申请人的描述） 非洲裔美国妇女的癌症发病率高得不成比例， 死亡率。 在美国所有主要的种族/性别群体中， 非洲裔美国女性平均而言最有可能超重 也是身体活动最少的 越来越多的证据将这些因素联系起来， 沿着饮食，对癌症病因的影响。 然而，很少有癌症预防研究 研究了这些风险因素的决定因素， 针对这些问题的文化干预措施。 这项研究提出，非洲裔美国妇女与健身抗癌 (FCF)，检查随机的、基于社区的、 针对中等收入人群的营养-运动干预试验 非裔美国妇女代表了广泛的年龄范围。 参与者 将被随机分配到八个每周一次的互动小组 提供符合当地文化的高复合碳水化合物/低脂营养 和平衡（力量训练，有氧运动，和灵活性 增强）运动指导（干预）或8名妇女 s/非洲裔美国人健康问题研讨会，重点是癌症筛查 注意力控制（Attention Control） 结果测量体重指数（BMI）， 腰臀比（WHR）和生物电阻抗法测定的体脂百分比 将在随访2、6和12个月时评估BIA。 这项研究将检验这一假设，即自由现金流量干预可以 对非裔美国女性的身体成分有积极影响。 二次 分析预计将显示，任何重大成果都是高度 与饮食行为和身体活动模式的变化相关， 与社会支持相关。

DESCRIPTION:(Applicant's Description) African-American women have disproportionately high cancer incidence and mortality rates. Of all major United States ethnic/gender groups, African-American women are, on the average, the most likely to be overweight and the least physically active. Mounting evidence links these factors, along with diet, to cancer etiology. Yet few cancer prevention studies have investigated the determinants of these risk factors or developed interventions culturally targeted to address them. The study proposed here, African-American Women Fight Cancer with Fitness (FCF), examines the effectiveness of a randomized, community-based, nutrition-exercise intervention trial aimed at middle income African-American women representing a broad range of ages. Participants will be randomly assigned to eight weekly interactive group sessions providing culturally tailored high-complex carbohydrate/low-fat nutrition and balanced (strength training, aerobic activity, and flexibility enhancement) exercise instruction (intervention) or eight women s/African-American health issues seminars focused on cancer screening promotion (attention control). Outcome measures of body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), and percent body fat by bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) will be assessed at 2, 6, and 12 months of follow-up. This research will test the hypothesis that the FCF intervention can favorably influence body composition in African-American women. Secondary analyses are expected to show that any significant outcomes are highly correlated with changes in dietary behavior and physical activity patterns, and correlated with social support.