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..However, recent evidence suggests that dietary cholesterol has limited influence on serum cholesterol or cardiac risk...

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..To determine the effectiveness of school-based strategies for obesity prevention and control using methods of systematic review and meta-analysis...

..We therefore conducted a study among overweight/obese women comparing conventional dietary counseling of individuals (counseling-based intervention) to a novel, group-based skill-building intervention...

..This study evaluates the impact of an innovative physician counselling programme on physicians' PA counselling behaviour and their patients' PA levels...

..The hypothesis that the downstream cause of FMS symptoms is muscle hypoperfusion due to regional vasomotor dysregulation has clear implications for treatment; is testable with current technology; and should be investigated...

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..This randomized controlled crossover trial was conducted to determine the effects of egg ingestion on endothelial function, a reliable index of cardiovascular risk...

..To determine effects of oat and antioxidant vitamin (C 500 mg, E 400 IU) ingestion on endothelial function in overweight, dyslipidemic adults...

..This study was undertaken to determine the effects of month-long whole grain oat and wheat cereal supplementation on endothelial function following a fatty meal as measured by brachial artery reactivity studies...

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..Lack of physical activity has been associated with childhood obesity. We evaluated the effects of a physical activity program in the elementary school classroom on health outcomes...

..This study assessed hospital electronic patient information systems (EPIS) for inclusion of variables associated with avoidable and extended hospitalization (preventable inpatient time)...

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..To assess the effects of oats and vitamin E on endothelial function following a high-fat meal in healthy adults as measured by brachial artery reactivity studies (BARS)...

..The present study directly compared prices of more and less nutritious foods within given categories in US supermarkets...

..The Yale-Griffin Prevention Research Center developed a replicable process for devising randomized trials in the context of community collaboration. Several examples of trials developed this way and their interim results are provided...

..The objectives were to determine the rate of physician/patient discussions regarding diet, exercise, and smoking and to assess the effect of such discussions on behavior change...

..The aim of this randomised trial was to investigate the effects of a fruit and nut snack bar on anthropomorphic measures, lipid panel and blood pressure in overweight adults...

..This study explores the pattern of weight loss counseling by health care providers in Connecticut and the associated weight loss efforts by patients...

..To compare the effects of raloxifene and soy phytoestrogens on endothelial function in healthy, postmenopausal women...

..07). CONCLUSIONS: Both the novel SBI and conventional dietary counseling demonstrated some residual weight loss benefit at 2 y. Effects of the SBI on dietary intake patterns are encouraging, and warrant further study...

..On the basis of a review of the current literature and recommendations, the American College of Preventive Medicine presents a practice policy statement on weight management counseling of overweight adults...

..This tendency, which may adversely affect study operations, has not been evaluated among subjects being enrolled into a weight-loss program...

..Intervention is warranted on the basis of both extant evidence and common sense, with methodologically robust evaluation concomitantly to test our assumptions and verify our intuition...

..Although most of those surveyed use mosquito netting, few know that mosquitoes transmit malaria. Tobacco and alcohol use are major behavioral health risk factors...

..Insulin resistance, obesity,dyslipidemia, diabetes, and hypertension are risk factors for atherosclerotic coronary disease and left ventricular ischemia. Each is also a risk factor for diastolic dysfunction...

..Studies suggest cardioprotective benefits of dark chocolate containing cocoa...

..The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of raloxifene on endothelial function in healthy, postmenopausal women...

..The objective was to study clinician accuracy in diagnosing GABHSP...

..Chromium is an essential trace element and nutritional supplement that has garnered interest for use as a weight loss aid...

..The modern world makes it very easy to out-eat exercise, and nearly impossible to out-exercise excessive eating...

..Based on a review of current literature and recommendations, the American College of Preventive Medicine presents a practice policy statement on perimenopausal hormone replacement therapy...

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..Further investigation into efficacy of bupropion use for adolescent cessation is warranted...

..To determine the effects of daily walnut consumption on endothelial function, cardiovascular biomarkers, and anthropometric measures in type 2 diabetic individuals...

..To assess the effects of soy isoflavone protein concentrate and soy lecithin on endothelial function, measured as flow-mediated dilation (FMD) of the brachial artery in healthy postmenopausal women...

..Use of the model in both clinical and research settings, with outcome evaluation, is encouraged as part of an effort to advance public health...

..This trial assessed the feasibility, safety, and provided insights into the efficacy of this therapy...

..Improving diets has considerable potential to improve health, but progress in this area has been limited, and advice to increase fruit and vegetable intake has largely gone unheeded...

..On this basis, routine counseling to promote healthful eating is encouraged by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and there is evidence that physician training in nutrition enhances counseling...

..This information is available before other serum markers of MI, and may facilitate early treatment decisions. Further study is warranted...

..Our research underscores the importance of accounting for parental IQ as a critical covariate when modeling the association between childhood stunting and IQ...

..Until laboratory facilities are made available, all cases offever should continue to be treated presumptively as malaria...

..The primary aim of the study is to examine the feasibility of utilizing this technology to assist with diabetes self-care in a clinic population as well as its impact on clinical outcomes...

..Back-up antibiotics have the potential to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, mitigate risk of nontreatment, and preserve high levels of patient satisfaction...

..Applied to CAM, they suggest that summary judgments about the quantity or quality of underlying evidence are overly simplistic...

..The development of an objective, science-based, and universally applicable system of nutrition guidance would be of considerable potential value to the public health...

..Long-term follow-up is warranted, as is replication in a larger cohort with a concurrent control group...

..The results indicate important obstacles which impeded the successful implementation of this intervention and lessons learned for future interventions...

..To improve our understanding of the cultural, religious, and environmental barriers and enablers to physical activity, we conducted a qualitative study among Arab Israeli college students in Israel...

..The LIP identified fewer impediments than the SIP. CONCLUSIONS: Impediment profiling for tailored smoking cessation intervention is associated with high initial quit rates and warrants further study...

..We evaluated the role of a single measurement of HbA(1c) in a diabetes case finding in hospitalized patients with random hyperglycemia at admission...

..This ratio may therefore serve as a more reliable basis for early treatment decisions in dyslipidemia...

..CONCLUSIONS: The combination of meditation and massage has a significantly favorable influence on overall and spiritual QOL in late-stage disease relative to standard care, or either intervention component alone...

..Patients on a telemetry unit of a community hospital were randomly assigned to either an IR intervention or standard care. Charts were reviewed to determine LOS, patient characteristics, and indirect indices of quality of care...

..CONCLUSIONS: Iyengar yoga conferred no appreciable benefit in mild-to-moderate asthma. Circumstances under which yoga is of benefit in asthma management, if any, remain to be determined...

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..There is a need to improve the availability and access to fresh F&V commonly available in the home countries of Hispanic immigrants...

..In a given year, just over half of smoking patients are advised to quit, and such counseling is provided at less than a quarter of clinical encounters...

..The identification of an effective, safe, inexpensive therapy for fibromyalgia would represent a great advance, and a major contribution to the public health. ..

..By contributing to knowledge related to potential diabetes prevention strategies, this study addresses one of the more pressing public health issues in the US today. ..