Published in The oncologist
Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide. Affected patients frequently experience debilitating disease-related symptoms, including dyspnea, cough, fatigue, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and pain, despite the progresses achieved in term of treatment efficacy.Physical activity and exercise are nonpharmacological interv...
Published in Translational behavioral medicine
The Get Healthy Information and Coaching Service (GHS), an effective 6-month telephone-based healthy lifestyle coaching service, includes a population-targeted diabetes prevention module (DPM) tailored for adults at risk for type 2 diabetes. This study determined DPM's reach and impact on anthropometric and lifestyle risk factors. Pre-post evaluati...
Published in Current Diabetes Reports
BackgroundMobile- and Internet-delivered (collectively, digital) interventions are widely used by persons with diabetes (PWD) to assist with self-management and improve/maintain glycemic control (hemoglobin A1c [A1c]). However, evidence concerning the acceptance and benefits of such interventions among disadvantaged/vulnerable PWD is still quite li...
Published in BMC Health Services Research
BackgroundAlthough evidence is accumulating that lifestyle modification may be cost-effective in patients with prediabetes, information is limited on the cost-effectiveness of interventions implemented in public health and primary health care settings. Evidence from well-conducted pragmatic trials is needed to gain insight into the realistic cost-e...
Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
BackgroundExcessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with an increased risk of pregnancy and obstetric complications. The “healthy living in pregnancy” (GeliS) study was performed in a routine care setting with the aim of limiting excessive GWG. The purpose of this secondary analysis is to evaluate the effect of the intervention on physi...
Published in Obesity Facts
Background: Weight control through lifestyle interventions represents a suitable strategy to avoid the metabolic, endocrine, and reproductive comorbidities associated with overweight and obesity. Reduced testosterone (T) levels are a worsening factor in overweight males. However, prognostic parameters of long-term weight loss are not readily availa...
Published in Experimental gerontology
We aimed to assess the effect of community-based lifestyle interventions on weight loss and cardiometabolic risk factors among obese older adults, and to explore the potential factors that impede weight loss during lifestyle interventions. A 2-arm parallel randomized controlled trial was conducted from 2013 through 2016 in the community health serv...
Published in BMC Family Practice
BackgroundThis study aims to describe barriers and facilitators of the implementation of a combined lifestyle intervention (CLI) in primary care for patients with chronic disease. The aim of CLI to help patients to create a healthy lifestyle and to maintain this healthy lifestyle. During a CLI a patient receives advice and counselling to improve he...
Published in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics
Background: Serious mental illness (SMI) reduces life expectancy, primarily due to somatic comorbidity linked to obesity. Meta-analyses have found beneficial effects of lifestyle interventions in people with SMI and recommended their implementation to manage obesity. Objective: The objective of this systematic review was to assess the benefits and ...
Published in Parkinsonism & related disorders
Monitoring physical activity is important in Parkinson disease (PD), but patient recall may be unreliable. We examined relationships between self-reported activity, objective monitoring, and clinical characteristics. Participants completed the self-reported Physical Activity Scale in the Elderly (PASE) to determine subjective minutes of moderate-vi...
