Lifestyle Intervention

A lifestyle intervention program composed of a healthy diet and increased physical activity can reduce the risk for type 2 diabetes among men with high genetic risk for the disease, according to trial findings.

CHICAGO — Just 10 minutes of daily moderate exercise may lower inflammation and, subsequently, risk for disease, according to research from the annual NUTRITION meeting.

A rheumatology clinic initiative to connect patients with smoking cessation resources was feasible, cost-effective and boosted referrals to the state quit line 20-fold, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

A 12-month self-guided, low-intensity, video-based lifestyle intervention helped patients with COPD and obesity lose weight, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Testosterone therapy did not improve cardiometabolic measures for older men with obesity and hypogonadism receiving lifestyle intervention, according to findings published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

In this video, Katherine Saunders, MD, DABOM, discusses factors that may contribute to weight gain and how physicians can address and manage these factors, even prior to a patient gaining weight.

Intensive lifestyle intervention did not significantly change eGFR slope during 10 years in patients with type 2 diabetes and preserved kidney function, researchers found in a study.

A primary care-based housing program helped to reduce the number of annual primary care and outpatient visits among participants while improving mental and physical health, researchers found.

The combination of statin use and healthy lifestyle was linked to a 30% lower risk for all-cause death and 44% reduced risk for CV death in people at high CV risk vs. those not taking statins with an unhealthy lifestyle, data show.