BACKGROUND In Singapore, as diabetes is an increasingly important public health issue, the cost-effectiveness of pursuing lifestyle modification programs and/or alternative prevention strategies is of critical importance for policymakers. While the US Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) compared weight loss through lifestyle modification with oral treatment of diabetes drug metformin to prevent/d...

background: inadequate attention to health education and lifestyle modification are major barriers to prevention, control and treatment of high blood pressure. this study investigated the effects of group discussion with high school youth on lifestyle of their parents who have hypertension.   methods: 61 high school boys and their parents were divided into two groups. 8 sessions of group discus...

INTRODUCTION Several organizations representing pharmacy and other health professions stress the importance of teaching public health topics as part of training future practitioners. The objective of our study was to assess the number of U.S. pharmacy schools that incorporate lifestyle modification topics into their curricula. METHODS We developed an electronic survey on lifestyle modificatio...