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Lifestyle interventions are feasible and deliver meaningful results in routine primary care practice.
Healthcare providers can implement lifestyle interventions in primary care settings to achieve positive health outcomes.
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Taken as a whole, our experience suggests that LIs are feasible and deliver meaningful results in routine primary care practice.
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The study's findings support the conclusion about the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions.
Source
A successful lifestyle intervention model replicated in diverse clinical settings
Sean Mark et al. · South African Medical Journal · 2016
DOI 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i8.10136
cohort · n=372Cited 7×
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