Tomorrow is the final day to submit comments to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force on recommended behavioral counseling interventions to promote healthy eating and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults.
Studies show that medium- and high-intensity counseling interventions improve self-reported dietary intake of salt, energy, fats, and fruits and vegetables, as well as self-reported physical activity. In studies, on average, medium-intensity physical activity counseling interventions produced a 38-minute increase in physical activity per week. Diet and combined lifestyle counseling interventions decreased total fat and saturated fat intake and increased fruit and vegetable consumption. The strongest evidence was for high-intensity counseling interventions to improve physiologic outcomes.
The task force is a national, independent panel of medical experts that makes evidence-based recommendations to physicians about the clinical preventive services they should offer their patients. To review the draft recommendations click here.
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