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The Tripler Army Medical Center LEAN Program: a healthy lifestyle model for the treatment of obesity
L C James1, R A Folen, F N Garland
1Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859-5000.
Abstract:
This paper provides an overview of the Tripler Army Medical Center LEAN Program for the treatment of obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and essential hypertension. The LEAN Program, a multi-disciplinary prevention program, emphasizes healthy Lifestyles, Exercise and Emotions, Attitudes, and Nutrition for active duty service members. The treatment model offers a medically healthy, emotionally safe, and reasonable, low-intensity exercise program to facilitate weight loss. We will discuss the philosophy behind the LEAN Program and the major components. Thereafter, we will briefly discuss the preliminary results.
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