MHealth nutrition and lifestyle intervention (mHENAL) to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in a middle-aged, overweight and obese population in Sri Lanka: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: Mobile phone-based health interventions (mHealth) are viewed as an attractive approach to foster behaviour change, and found to be effective in promoting physical activity and healthy diets. The present study aims to investigate whether mHealth with advice for dietary and lifestyle modifications would reduce 10-year cardio vascular disease (CVD) risk among overweight or obese adults aged 35-64 years in Sri Lanka. A two-group parallel-arm randomized controlled trial (RCT) was conducted in Colombo district, recruiting 1200 individuals aged 35-64 years with a body mass index (BMI) of ≥25 kgm-2. Participants were randomly assigned either to mHealth package (intervention arm, n = 600) or usual care (control arm, n = 600). The intervention package contains a series of dietary and lifestyle impro

SUBMITTER: Senarath U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6804801 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature