Lifestyle Intervention

Lifestyle advice given to patients with age-related macular degeneration varies and often is not followed, highlighting the need for a better understanding of patient preferences, according to a literature review in Nutrients.

Medical trainees who participated in a virtual culinary medicine program were more proficient in lifestyle medicine counseling compared with trainees enrolled in traditional nutritional educational curricula, according to researchers.

A lifestyle intervention delivered at work sites with or without meal replacement was associated with a mean weight loss of more than 8% at 6 months, according to a study published in Obesity.

Primary care provider referral to an automated weight-loss program resulted in significantly increased weight loss at 6 and 12 months vs. usual care, according to study findings published in Obesity.

All-cause and CVD mortality were reduced in individuals regularly physically active as well as those only physically active on the weekend, according to a research letter in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.

SAN DIEGO — A multidisciplinary phenotype-tailored lifestyle intervention resulted in greater weight loss among adults with obesity compared with standard weight-loss interventions, according to a study presented at ObesityWeek.

Higher levels of religious attendance, private prayer and spirituality were associated with intermediate or ideal CV health metrics across multiple indicators of the American Heart Association Life’s Simple 7 among Black adults, data show.

High emotional attachment to a sports team was associated with achieving 5% weight loss among men participating in a lifestyle intervention centered on professional football clubs in Germany, according to study data.

The CDC estimates that nearly half of the adult population in the United States has obesity. Despite its prevalence and potential impact on health, interventions for obesity are difficult to access due to stigma, very few providers specializing in this care and their expense.

People who sit for more than 8 hours per day have elevated risk for death and major CV events compared with those who sit for less than 4 hours per day, according to new data from the PURE cohort study.