Miriam Jacome-Sosa, PhD

"Efficacy of a behavioral and plant-based dietary intervention in a Latino population with obesity"

The overall goal of this proposal is to develop and evaluate the clinical efficacy and
implementation of an innovative, culturally-appropriate, palatable plant-based diet intervention program delivered by community health workers (CHWs), in socioeconomically disadvantaged (SED) Latino adults with obesity.

Miriam Jacome-Sosa, PhD – Instructor in Medicine, Division of Geriatrics & Nutritional Sciences, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis