Promoting healthy lifestyle habits among participants in cancer screening programs: Results of the randomized controlled Sti.Vi study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Unhealthy diets, physical inactivity, alcohol and tobacco consumption are among the leading risk factors for non-communicable diseases. It is estimated that around 40% of cancers could be prevented by adopting healthy lifestyles.

Design and methods

The Stili di Vita (Sti.Vi) study was a randomized study for assessing the impact of healthy lifestyle interventions on anthropometric measures, metabolic parameters, and health outcomes among participants of cancer screening programs in Turin (Italy). Eligible women aged 50-54 years, invited to biennial mammography screening, and 58-years-old men and women, invited to a once-only sigmoidoscopy for colorectal cancer (CRC) screening were randomly allocated to Diet group (DG), Physical Activity group (PAG), Physical Activi

SUBMITTER: Riggi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343860 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature