Diabetes Risk Factors
Mediterranean Lifestyle Program benefits diabetic women at risk for CVD
Published in Women's Health Weekly, June 16th, 2005
"The Mediterranean Lifestyle Program was evaluated for its effects on multiple behavioral risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) among postmenopausal women with diabetes," said D.J. Toobert and colleagues, Oregon Research Institute.
They assessed "a comprehensive lifestyle management intervention to reduce CHD risk in postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes."
They randomized 279 women to either "usual care (UC) or Mediterranean Lifestyle Program, a lifestyle change intervention aimed at the behavioral risk factors...
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