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Canadian Health Advanced By Nutrition and Graded Exercise: CHANGE Health Paradigm
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Dietary Intervention and Exercise Prescription and Fitness Program for Metabolic Syndrome. Completed, enrolled 305 participants across 3 sites.
Detailed Summary
The overall objective of the CHANGE initiative is to change the delivery of care in primary care clinics to treat disease by reducing reliance on drugs and hospitals through the promotion of scientifically validated nutritional concepts and exercise. Specifically, the objective is to identify patients from primary care clinics with metabolic syndrome who are not morbidly obese and use diet and exercise interventions to reverse the changes, reduce reliance on pharmacotherapy and prevent progression to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Nutrition assessment, review of the basic principles of dietary intervention for metabolic syndrome with an emphasis on the clinical risk factors identified for each individual, joint goal setting to determine what dietary changes are feasible, considering intention and barriers to dietary behaviour change.
Exercise tests (aerobic fitness, muscular and flexibility tests) recommended by the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP), followed by an individualized exercise plan including fitness assessments.