Also, the paper focused specifically on describing the composition of interventions delivered, not their uptake, effectiveness or cost-effectiveness.
For many years we have been strong proponents of testing dietary intervention during pregnancy and have conducted several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) (20, 21) to inform the appropriate timing (eg, season or stage of pregnancy/lactation) and composition of interventions.
The PASS study group in collaboration with the PASS Steering Committee, will issue guidelines for the composition of the interventions that a high or increasing PCT level would mandate.
We have previously shown that racial composition of behavioral intervention groups does not affect achieved weight loss.
23 We hypothesise that by the end of the intervention there will be significant improvements (p<0.05) in physical activity (time/intensity), dietary behaviours (reduction in dietary fat; increased intakes of fibre, fruit and vegetables) and body composition of the intervention group participants, compared with the control group participants.
Preparatory measures have included the formation of a Scientific Advisory Committee (membership details provided in Additional file 1) which has been active in providing key advice reflected in the final trial protocol, including the composition of the nutrition interventions.
Composition of milk in intervention and control groups is given in Table 1.
Overall, this finding raises a note of caution regarding the need to ensure that the composition of a F&V intervention should be closely monitored, to ensure that BMI remains stable.
However, interpreting this literature is challenging because of substantial heterogeneity in the composition of the HF clinics, the interventions they offer, and the population studied [ 3, 7].
The first requirement, stable population, is that the composition of subjects eligible for the intervention should not change from the "before" to the "after" period in ways that would affect outcome.
Some important information from primary trials were extracted, including first author's name, country, year of publication, age, gender, number of hypertensive patients, details of interventions for ZWD and control groups, the composition of ZWD or modified ZWD, co-interventions, outcome measures, the duration of treatment, and adverse effects related to ZWD.
