OBJECTIVE To explore the potential long-term health and economic consequences of lifestyle interventions for diabetic patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS A literature search was performed to identify interventions for diabetic patients in which lifestyle issues were addressed. We selected recent (2003-2008), randomized controlled trials with a minimum follow-up of 12 months. The long-term out...

Overweight/obesity is one of the most prevalent health problems on a global scale. This special issue intended to provide an academic platform for research which has used lifestyle interventions to facilitate and sustain weight loss. The published articles include a systematic review and original research articles. In the review A. Baker et al. assessed the impact of long-term physical activity...

Modifiable factors have increasingly been associated with breast cancer. Studies have long suggested a link between modifiable factors, such as weight, physical activity, and alcohol use, and the risk of developing a primary breast cancer. Dozens of case-control and prospective cohort studies have demonstrated up to a two-fold increase in risk of breast cancer in overweight and obese postmenopa...

E pidemiological evidence has revealed increasing prevalence rates of type 2 diabetes (1,2), with an estimated 6.3% of the U.S. adult population having either diagnosed or undiagnosed diabetes (3). Individuals with a family history of diabetes are at increased risk of developing diabetes, and lifestyle modification can help reduce this risk (4–6). Several studies have demonstrated that lifestyl...

This is the published version: Sarris, J., Moylan, S., Camfield, D. A., Pase, M. P., Mischoulon, D., Berk, M., Jacka, F. N. and Schweitzer, I. 2012, Complementary medicine, exercise, meditation, diet, and lifestyle modification for anxiety disorders : a review of current evidence, Evidence based complementary and alternative medicine, vol. 2012, no. Article ID 809653, pp. 1-20 Available from De...

Medicare conducted a payment demonstration to evaluate the effectiveness of two intensive lifestyle modification programs in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease: the Dr. Dean Ornish Program for Reversing Heart Disease (Ornish) and Cardiac Wellness Program of the Benson-Henry Mind Body Institute. This report describes the changes in cardiac risk factors achieved by each program dur...

BACKGROUND Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. The growth of ageing populations in developing countries with progressively urbanized lifestyles are major contributors. The key risk factors for CHD such as hypercholesterolemia, diabetes mellitus, and obesity are likely to increase in the future. These risk factors are modifiable through lifesty...

Weight management a. We suggest the maintenance of a stable (within 5%), healthy weight as it is associated with a lower risk of developing chronic kidney disease (2C) b. We suggest, where weight loss is required, the use of medications such as topiramate (if available) in conjunction with a non-pharmacological weight loss programme to increase weight loss and reduce the risk of developing chro...

BACKGROUND Resistant hypertension (RH) is a growing health burden in this country affecting as many as 1 in 5 adults being treated for hypertension. Resistant hypertension is associated with increased risk of adverse cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and all-cause mortality. Strategies to reduce blood pressure (BP) in this high-risk population are a national priority. METHODS TRIUMPH is a s...

Cigarette smoking, obesity, and sedentary lifestyle are known to increase risk of coronary and other vascular disease. Yet eliminating, or reducing, these risk factors through lifestyle modifications is a significant challenge to patients and their physicians. To help meet this challenge in patients with coronary and other vascular disease, physicians should use an approach similar to that foll...