"Ancestral recipes": a mixed-methods analysis of MyPlate-based recipe dissemination for Latinos in rural communities.

Background: The Latinx population experiences some of the highest rates of chronic disease, including obesity and type II diabetes. Such conditions may be especially burdensome in rural Latinx communities that often face barriers to accessing disease prevention resources and public health programs.

Methods: Diverse stakeholders (i.

Implementing texting programs in the P.O.W.E.R. (preventing obesity with eating right) medical group visit for weight loss.

Background: The effect of incorporating mobile technology to support participants' lifestyle change and weight loss in medical group visits has not been well studied in a safety-net setting.

Rationale And Design: Thus, the rationale of the current study was to examine the effect of text messaging in a medical group visit, and test the effect of two texting programs (12 weeks and 20 weeks), compared to those who did not receive text-messaging in the Preventing Obesity With Eating Right (POWER) group visit program. The primary outcome was weight loss.