Effects of a Nutrition Education Programme in Stage IV Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients: A 3-Arm Randomised Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: This trial examined the influence of two nutrition intervention programmes on health-related and nutritional intake indices pertinent to cardiovascular disease compared to usual care in stage IV cardiac rehabilitation patients. Sixty-six patients were recruited from the Heartbeat North-West cardiac rehabilitation centre in Preston (United Kingdom). Patients were randomly assigned to Usual care, Biggest loser or Nutrition education arms. Usual care undertook their usual two exercise classes per week without nutritional support, Biggest loser underwent weekly education sessions focussing on weight loss using the themes within the British Heart Foundation 'So You Want to Lose Weight for Good' guidelines, and Nutrition education followed the same themes as Biggest loser but in a more focussed

SUBMITTER: Sinclair J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10817625 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature