It was hypothesized a Social Marketing Theory−based, registered dietitian led, in-home, cardiovascular disease−targeted diet-education program would improve the dietary status of community-residing older women.
Pre-menopausal women (44 50 y, N = 535) randomized into a lifestyle intervention group (15-session diet and exercise education program followed by a maintenance program) lost on average 0.1 (5.2) kg after 54 months compared with a gain of 2.4 (4.9) kg in the assessment-only group [ 19].
Participants were allocated into one of four groups: the comprehensive intervention group; the PA only group (Happy 10 program); the diet only group (nutrition education program); and a control group.
The effects on adiposity, blood pressure, and biochemical indicators were evaluated and compared against the PA only (with Happy 10 program) and the diet only (with nutrition education program) interventions, which had previously been conducted among Chinese school children in primary school settings [ 32, 33].
Patients enrolled in the trial present for a health check in which the GP and PN provide brief lifestyle counselling based on the 5As model (ask, assess, advise, assist, and arrange) and refer high risk patients to a diet education and physical activity program.
Thirty patients underwent laparoscopic RYGB and 31 received standard medical therapy combined with a diabetes support and education program (DSE), consisting of educational sessions on diet and exercise.
Young physicians at Lenox Hill Hospital chose to apply to a nutrition education program because of a recognition of a disease epidemic related to diet, a desire to improve personal and patient education and outcomes, and above all, the perception that they lack sufficient nutrition education.
All patients had to go through a nutrition education program with a clinical nutrition practitioner, and their 24-h recall-based diet report was taken during the nutrition education program.
National cholesterol education program.
