(www.neomundo.com.ar) professional advice, the long term follow up with a doctor and the self-regulation of food and exercise appear to be the best way that people adopt lifestyles that prevent diseases cardiovascular.
These recommendations were presented by researchers at the State University of Wayne (United States).
Ralph Sacco, the President of the American Heart Association, the institution which published the article, said that “changes in the habits of life are never easy and generally not is devotes the necessary attention in medical consultations.” “This study underscores what kind of programs work and, in turn, shows the need for advice and setting targets to improve practices that maintain cardiovascular health.”
Improve the prevention of cardiovascular diseases is very important because, according to the World Health Organization, are the leading cause of death worldwide. And this institution says that the main risk factors for this disease are modifiable, as they include poor diet, lack of physical activity and inadequate habits such as smoking.
BUENOS habits to the heart
Dr. Nancy Artinian, the lead author, analyzed 74 studies conducted between 1997 and 2007 with adults. These investigations focused on the effect of various changes in the lifestyle on blood pressure and blood cholesterol level.
Scientists identified certain programmes and interventions which achieved very good results in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. For example some successful measures were medical consultations aimed at improving the living habits, advice to demonstrate that certain setbacks are normal and continuous medical monitoring with fixed dates. (((
Artinian said that the most effective plans were those who established the following:
A) targeted for physical activity
B) changes in the food,
C) which recorded the progress made towards the defined goals.
The specialist added that these findings should be taken into account in designing better interventions and public policies aimed at reducing diseases cardiovascular.
“We need to improve the way in which we help people to introduce a change and maintain them throughout their lives,” he concluded Artinian.
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