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    • Cardiovascular Disease Prevention
    • Lifestyle Medicine

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    • Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a significant public health challenge.
    • Workplace interventions promoting lifestyle changes can mitigate CVD risk factors.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To assess a comprehensive lifestyle intervention's effectiveness in reducing CVD risk in at-risk adults.
    • The program integrated diet, physical activity, stress, and behavior modification counseling.

    Main Methods:

    • A 1-year, employer-sponsored lifestyle intervention program was studied in 12 cohorts (2006-2010).
    • Participants (N=97) targeted diet, exercise, behavior modification, and stress management.
    • Measurements included body composition, glucose, lipids, and maximal oxygen consumption at baseline, 100 days, and 1 year.

    Main Results:

    • 76.3% program completion rate (74 participants).
    • Significant improvements observed in body weight, body fat percentage, fat mass, BMI, waist circumference, HDL, LDL, glucose, triglycerides, blood pressure, and maximal oxygen consumption (P<.05).
    • Lean body mass and total cholesterol did not show significant improvement.

    Conclusions:

    • The employer-based lifestyle intervention program effectively reduced CVD risk factors within one year.
    • Further research is needed to evaluate long-term health effects and maintenance of lifestyle changes at 2 and 5 years.