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Health promotion
Systematic review
Behavioural counselling improves physiological outcomes in those with cardiovascular risk factors
  1. Alice Ammerman
  1. Correspondence to : Dr Alice Ammerman, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27516, USA; alice_ammerman{at}unc.edu

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2014-102033

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    Commentary on: Lin JS, O'Connor E, Evans CV, et al. Behavioral counseling to promote a healthy lifestyle in persons with cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review for the U.S. Preventive services task force. Ann Intern Med 2014;161:568–78.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • Clinicians need to engage community-based public health and other partners to deliver the intensity of diet and physical activity needed to have a positive impact on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.

    • More research is needed to identify the most efficient (cost and time) means of intervention delivery to achieve positive short-term and long-term impacts.

    Context

    A substantial body of convincing evidence suggests that a healthy diet and physical activity are associated with reduction in cardiovascular events and mortality rates along with a number of other important …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.