Lifestyle intervention may reduce risk of cardiovascular diseases in the long run
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This secondary analysis of the Finnish Diabetes Prevention Study (DPS) was aimed to investigate the effects of a lifestyle intervention on metabolic syndrome (ATP III criteria) and its components, in 522 middle-aged overweight men and women with impaired glucose tolerance. Subjects were randomly assigned to either an individualized lifestyle intervention group (including dietary counselling, circuit-type resistance training sessions and advise to increase overall physical activity) or a standard care control group. At the end of the 3.9-year follow-up period, there was a significant reduction in the prevalence of both metabolic syndrome and abdominal obesity in the intervention group compared to the control group. According to the authors, these results suggest that lifestyle intervention may represent a means to reduce the risk of cardiovascular diseases in the long run.
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