It is critical that diet quality be assessed and discussed at the point of care with clinicians
and other members of the healthcare team to reduce the incidence and improve the …

Physicians face several barriers to counseling their patients about nutrition, including
conflicting evidence of the benefit of counseling, limited training and understanding of the …

Growing scientific evidence of the benefits of heart-healthy dietary patterns and of the
massive public health and economic burdens attributed to obesity and poor diet quality have …

Despite continued advances in health care, the cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rate
has plateaued in recent years and appears to be trending upward. Poor diet is a leading …

Morbidity and mortality associated with cardiovascular disease can be significantly modified
through lifestyle interventions, yet there is little emphasis on nutrition and lifestyle in medical …

Background Obesity and chronic disease risk are significantly related to healthy lifestyle
behavior, including dietary intakes. Further, the interrelated etiology of many chronic …

Background A dietetic consultation is a structured process aimed at supporting individual
patients to modify their dietary behaviors to improve health outcomes. The body of evidence …

In 2013, the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology published the
“Guideline on Lifestyle Management to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk,” which was based on a …

Diet is the single most significant risk factor for disability and premature death. Patients and
physicians often have difficulty staying abreast of diet trends, many of which focus primarily …

Aim Evidence of the effectiveness of dietetic consultation for the management of
cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors has not been previously synthesised. A systematic …