TY - JOUR T1 - Behavioural counselling improves physiological outcomes in those with cardiovascular risk factors JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 119 LP - 119 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-102033 VL - 18 IS - 4 AU - Alice Ammerman Y1 - 2015/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/4/119.abstract N2 - 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.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedClinicians 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.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 … ER -