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Practical lifestyle modification for improving obesity and metabolic syndrome : a randomised controlled trial

Can we reduce obesity and chronic disease risk factors without "going on a diet?" Appropriate management of obesity and metabolic syndrome (MetS) remains a challenging issue for public health. Interventions demonstrating reductions in weight generally rely on labour-intensive, individualised counselling and usually feature highlyprescriptive diet/exercise plans which are time and cost-intensive to deliver, and potentially unsustainable at the community level. Moreover, there is limited evidence from randomised trials on the importance of active follow-up following initial intervention. This thesis describes the effectiveness of a 1-year randomised controlled trial incorporating an initial 16-week active lifestyle modification program on body composition and cardio-metabolic health.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:ADTP/284019
Date January 2008
CreatorsPettman, Tahna Lee
Source SetsAustraliasian Digital Theses Program
LanguageEN-AUS
Detected LanguageEnglish
RightsCopyright Tahna Lee Pettman 2008

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