Multiple risk factor interventions for primary prevention of coronary heart disease

S Ebrahim, F Taylor, K Ward, A Beswick… - Cochrane database …, 2011 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Multiple risk factor interventions using counselling and educational methods
assumed to be efficacious and cost‐effective in reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) …

Task sharing with non-physician health-care workers for management of blood pressure in low-income and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta …

TN Anand, LM Joseph, AV Geetha… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
Background Task sharing for the management of hypertension could be useful for
understaffed and resource-poor health systems. We assessed the effectiveness of task …

Dietary advice for reducing cardiovascular risk

K Rees, M Dyakova, K Ward… - Cochrane Database …, 2013 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Changes in population diet are likely to reduce cardiovascular disease and
cancer, but the effect of dietary advice is uncertain. This review is an update of a previous …

Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults

C Baldwin, MAE de van der Schueren… - Cochrane database …, 2021 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Disease‐related malnutrition has been reported in 10% to 55% of people in
hospital and the community and is associated with significant health and social‐care costs …

Effect of lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors among adults without impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

X Zhang, HM Devlin, B Smith, G Imperatore… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Structured lifestyle interventions can reduce diabetes incidence and cardiovascular disease
(CVD) risk among persons with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), but it is unclear whether …

Type 2 diabetes in Latin America and the Caribbean: Regional and country comparison on prevalence, trends, costs and expanded prevention

H Gallardo-Rincón, A Cantoral, A Arrieta, C Espinal… - Primary Care …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose To present an overview of type 2 diabetes status in Latin America and the
Caribbean region. Methods The data were collected from the International Diabetes …

Physical activity interventions in Latin America: a systematic review

CM Hoehner, J Soares, DP Perez, IC Ribeiro… - American journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Recommendations for physical activity in the Guide to Community
Preventive Services (the Community Guide) have not been systematically examined or …

The effect of multifactorial lifestyle interventions on cardiovascular risk factors: a systematic review and meta-analysis of trials conducted in the general population and …

LG Sisti, M Dajko, P Campanella, E Shkurti… - Preventive …, 2018 - Elsevier
Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of premature mortality and disability
accounting for one third of all deaths worldwide with considerable impacts on economics …

Nutritional intervention strategies for the management of overweight and obesity in primary health care: A systematic review with meta‐analysis

R Canuto, A Garcez, RV de Souza, G Kac… - Obesity …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
A systematic review with meta‐analysis (MA) was conducted to synthesize the effectiveness
of nutrition intervention strategies for managing overweight and obesity in the adult …

[HTML][HTML] Cash component of conditional cash transfer program is associated with higher body mass index and blood pressure in adults

LCH Fernald, PJ Gertler, X Hou - The Journal of nutrition, 2008 - Elsevier
The cash component of Oportunidades, a large conditional cash transfer (CCT) program in
Mexico, has previously been shown to be associated with better outcomes for child growth …