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Effectiveness of lifestyle physical activity interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease

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Dunn, Andrea L.·2009·American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine

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Lifestyle interventions have evolved from proof-of-concept pilot studies to efficacy and effectiveness studies and have now moved toward translation and dissemination studies because of their demonstrated ability to improve cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes. When combined with diet, they also have demonstrated the ability to normalize blood glucose levels and help to regulate weight. This review highlights the converging lines of evidence that led to lifestyle physical activity interventions, beginning with early epidemiology studies, and provides evidence for the efficacy and effectiveness of lifestyle interventions. However, if lifestyle interventions are to play a role in preventing CVD and improving CVD outcomes, their use must be more widespread. This will require translational and dissemination research to understand how to move into real-world settings. Successful examples of translational studies will be highlighted, and issues related to theoretical and practical issues as well as capacity building will be discussed. Building bridges between research and practice must be done if lifestyle interventions are to deliver on their public health promise.

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Authors
Dunn, A. L.
Affiliations
Klein Buendel (United States) (US)
Corresponding author
Dunn, Andrea L.
Venue
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine
Published
2009-05-07
Volume
3
Issue
1_suppl
Pages
11S-18S
ISSN
  • 1559-8276 (ISSN-L)
  • 1559-8284
OpenAlex
W2031644208
Cited by
37
References
89
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 5 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 3
FWCI
1.99
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Arizona State University
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (R13HL091657)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Health Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention
Keywords
lifestyle intervention, physical activity, cardiovascular disease prevention, blood pressure, blood glucose, body weight regulation, diet, translational research, dissemination, research-practice gap, capacity building

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