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Filter by:Obesity is a significant health issue that increases the risk of serious cardiovascular problems. In recent years, two dietary methods, the Ketogenic Diet (KD) and Intermittent Fasting (IF), have become popular for their potential to treat obesity and its related issue, hypertension. While both diets are known for their effectiveness in weight loss, their specific impacts on blood pressure (BP) and overall heart health risks are less understood especially in menopausal women. The main goal of this study was to investigate how the Ketogenic Diet and Intermittent Fasting compare to a regular, unrestricted diet (referred to as Free Diet or FD) in terms of their effects on clinic blood pressure levels in menopausal women. Additionally, the study looked at changes in Body Mass Index (BMI), the percentage of total body weight loss, body fat percentage, waist and hip measurements, the ratio of waist-to-hip size, and the Phase Angle (PhA), which is a measure of the body's overall health status.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a 4-week mindfulness program among young women in Puerto Rico with elevated stress. The main questions it aims to answer are: - how feasible and acceptable is a s a 4-week mindfulness program among participants with elevated stress - what are the changes in psychological resilience, psychological distress, health behaviors, and cardiometabolic markers Participants will be asked to - attend 4 weekly virtual sessions and daily mindfulness exercises at home - complete online study questionnaires
The objective of this clinical trial is to verify whether the beneficial effects of weight loss on visceral fat measured by computed tomography and metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease are maintained once high-risk patients without symptoms and with visceral obesity and dyslipidemia are stabilized and maintained for two additional years after a one-year weight loss (5-10%) program. Before entering the study, after the one-year intervention program, and after the 2-year maintenance period, participants will be asked to take part in multiple assessments: fasting lipid profile and apolipoproteins measurements, oral glucose tolerance test, anthropometric measurements, computed tomography, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, oral lipid tolerance test, measurements of inflammatory markers, physical activity and dietary diaries, cardiorespiratory fitness assessed by a submaximal treadmill test, and measurements of resting and exercise blood pressure. During the one-year intervention, participants will be closely monitored by the study's dietitians and kinesiologists to achieve the target weight loss. Dieticians will not recommend a daily energy deficit greater than 500 calories and will focus on foods rather than the nutrient composition of the diet. Participants will have access to the dieticians at all time, and appointments every two months will be required during the first year. Regarding physical activity, kinesiologists will supervise the exercise prescription which will aim at 160 minutes per week of moderate-intensity aerobic-exercise. The physical activity prescription will be adjusted by the kinesiologist according to the participant's preferences and habits. The investigators hypothesize that there will be a worsening in some features of the metabolic syndrome over the two-year weight maintenance period. However, it is suggested the greater the weight loss during the intervention, the less marked the deterioration will be. Finally, the investigators put forward that even in the absence of weight loss during the intervention, the lifestyle modification program will prevent visceral fat accumulation expected to be observed over the two-year maintenance period in the control group maintaining their usual behaviour.
The increasing burden of metabolic disturbances among People Living with HIV especially in developing countries has posed need for scientifically-proven, innovative, sustainable and cost-effective local adjuvant remedies to supplement conventional medical interventions. The goal of this clinical trial is to test the potential of Tamarindus indica fruit juice to improve cardiometabolic health of PLWH and elevated Triglycerides (TG). The main aims it aims to answer are to; - evaluate the efficacy of T. indica fruit juice on selected markers of lipid and glucose metabolism, and vascular health. - investigate a possible dose-response relationship on cardiometabolic control following intake of varying concentrations (fruit pulp percentages) of T. indica fruit juice. Participants will be required to consume 600 ml of either 10% or 30% fruit pulp juice a day for 30 days. From the baseline measurements, participants will be asked to comeback for repeat measurements after 14 days and finally on the 3oth day (Endline). Researchers will compare the groups that will be expose to the two juice prototypes to determine potential differences in TG levels.
This study aimed to evaluate the effect of a vegan diet (supplemented with vitamin B12) and an mediterranean diet on performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, metabolic health, immune status, and environmental impact in healthy adults.
This is a national-level research study of primary care physicians. The purpose of this study is to assess the clinical evaluation and management (drug, procedures, counseling, and others) of a subset of common patient care indications.
This pilot study will assess the feasibility of a gratitude intervention to promote physical activity, and well-being and positively impact biomarkers of health among older African American breast cancer survivors. The intervention will also include a goal-setting component to promote exercise readiness and examine the cultural phenomena of the Superwoman schema among Black women.
In Spain, obesity epidemic is one of the leading contributors of chronic disease and disability. Obesity is associated with higher morbidity and all-cause mortality risk especially when fat is stored in the abdominal area (i.e., increased visceral adipose tissue, VAT). Although current approaches such as energy restriction may be effective at reducing body fat and improving cardiometabolic health, their long-term adherences are limited. Time-restricted eating (TRE; e.g., 8 hours eating: 16 hours fasting on a daily basis) is a recently emerged intermittent fasting approach with promising cardiovascular benefits. Results from pioneering pilot studies in humans are promising and suggest that simply reducing the eating time window from ≥12 to ≤8-10 hours/day improves cardiometabolic health. However, currently, there is no consensus regarding whether the TRE eating window should be aligned to the early or middle to late part of the day. The EXTREME study will investigate the efficacy and feasibility of three different 8 hours TRE schedules (i.e., early, late and self-selected) over 12 weeks on VAT (main outcome) and cardiometabolic risk factors (secondary outcomes) in adults with overweight/obesity and abdominal obesity. The final goal of the EXTREME study is to demonstrate the health benefits of a novel and pragmatic intervention for the treatment of obesity and related cardiometabolic risk factors; an approach readily adaptable to real-world practice settings, easy for clinicians to deliver, and intuitive for patients to implement and maintain in their lives.
Coronary heart disease is one of the United Kingdom's biggest killers. In the UK alone 175,000 myocardial infarctions are recorded annually. To lower the financial burden on the National Health Service, cardiac rehabilitation facilitates a systematic and multidisciplinary approach to secondary prevention aimed to improve functional capacity and health-related quality of life, lower rehospitalisation rates and reduce all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with exercise training being the cornerstones. The effectiveness of Cardiac rehabilitation programmes in delivering effective secondary prevention has long been established. Improvements are recorded in cardiovascular endurance, muscular strength and endurance, balance, co-ordination, and quality of life. However, many patients see little or no change in body mass and body mass index, an independent risk factor for coronary heart disease. Interestingly, the inclusion of nutrition education is rarely reported within specific Cardiac rehabilitation settings, therefore evidence of best practice remains elusive and warrants further investigation. The aim of this trial is to compare: - Usual care - Where patients access to two exercise classes per week and all facilities normally available as part of their cardiac rehabilitation programme. Patients in this group will undergo this approach for 12-weeks. - Usual care + Biggest loser - In addition to Usual care, patients in this group took part in the 'Biggest loser' program in which the patients attended weekly sessions outside of their usual exercise class times. Each session follows a specific theme based on British Heart Foundation healthy eating guidelines. Participants will undergo this approach for 6-weeks and then switch to usual care for 6-weeks. - Usual care + New Education programme. In addition to Usual care, the same weekly topics as the biggest loser are covered yet with bespoke information regarding portion sizes and recipes provided each week and patients given a challenge each week in relation to the topic being covered e.g. include more vegetables. Participants will undergo this approach for 6-weeks and then switch to usual care for 6-weeks. Patients will be tested at baseline, 6-weeks and 12-weeks.
Cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated diseases combined are the leading health burden and cause of mortality worldwide; therefore, the necessity for an intervention is paramount. Dietary interventions to improve cardiometabolic health are highly sought after as they possess less risk than pharmacological drugs. Previous non-randomized interventions have shown that oral peppermint may be beneficial in improving cardiometabolic outcomes. However, to date, no research has explored this using a placebo randomized intervention. Therefore, the primary purpose of the proposed investigation is to test the ability of oral peppermint oil supplementation to improve cardiometabolic parameters in healthy individuals.