Mixed
A team-based lifestyle intervention combining individualized diet modification (emphasizing Mediterranean patterns) and supervised exercise (aerobic, resistance, flexibility) leads to the reversal of metabolic syndrome and significant improvements in cardiovascular risk factors in primary care patients.
If you have metabolic syndrome, a structured program involving a dietitian, a kinesiologist, and your family doctor can help reverse the condition. The key is individualized Mediterranean-style eating and a mix of aerobic and resistance exercise, supported by regular visits. This approach addresses risk factors that medications alone often miss, such as abdominal obesity and low HDL.
A team-based program led by the family physician that educates patients about the risks of MetS, and with a dietitian and kinesiologist, empowers them to undertake an individualized supervised program of diet modification and exercise, is feasible, improves aerobic capacity and diet quality, reverses MetS and improves MetS components at 12 months.
Why this rating
Single-arm before-after study without a control group; feasibility-focused.
Source
Family physician-led, team-based, lifestyle intervention in patients with metabolic syndrome: results of a multicentre feasibility project
Khursheed N. Jeejeebhoy et al. · CMAJ Open · 2017
DOI 10.9778/cmajo.20160101
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