Lifestyle Intervention
Telehealth requires effective strategies for short teaching sessions
In this issue, Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Lorena Drago, RDN, MS, CDN, CDCES, about tips for successful short telehealth sessions for diabetes education.
Women more likely to enroll in Diabetes Prevention Program focused on lifestyle change
Women are three times more likely than men to enroll in the national Diabetes Prevention Program, although once enrolled, men and women attend the same number of sessions, according to study data published in The Diabetes Educator.
Supervised Nordic walking improves aerobic capacity, muscle strength in obesity
Adults with overweight or obesity had improved aerobic capacity and muscle strength after 6 months of supervised Nordic walking and maintained the improvements during 6 months of unsupervised training, according to study data.
Top in cardiology: Lifestyle interventions, causal link between BP and AF risk
Data from the PROPEL trial revealed that a 24-month intensive lifestyle intervention initiated in the primary care setting improved risk factors for patients with obesity. It was the top story in cardiology last week.
COVID-19 delivers 'wake-up call' to raise activity levels for viral defense, immunity
The COVID-19 pandemic has provided a “wakeup call” that physical activity and wellness-related lifestyle changes can reinforce immunity and viral defenses, noted a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.
Cardiometabolic health improved by lifestyle interventions in primary care setting
A 24-month lifestyle intervention provided in the primary care setting by health coaches improved cardiometabolic risk factors among patients with obesity compared with usual care alone, according to data published in Circulation.
Physical inactivity triples risk for depression in patients with lupus
Physical inactivity confers a “greater than threefold increased risk” for developing depression within the next 2 years among patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.
Top in endocrinology: Vegan diet provides benefits, hyperglycemia increases mortality risk
A randomized clinical trial that showed multiple benefits to a plant-based vegan diet was the top story in endocrinology last week.
No decrease in Medicare spending after Look AHEAD lifestyle intervention
Among participants in the Look AHEAD trial of an intensive lifestyle intervention for weight loss, there was no difference in total Medicare spending between the intervention and control group over a 4-year period, according to study data.
New definition of hypertension less likely to be met with more ideal health behaviors
Improving CV health by meeting components of Life’s Simple 7 may reduce the risk for incident hypertension when the lower hypertension threshold of 130/80 mm Hg is used, researchers found.