Anderson S Carvalho, Lucimere Bohn, Pedro P Abdalla, Nilo C Ramos, Franciane G Borges, Jorge Mota, Dalmo Roberto Lopes Machado
The Associations of Objectively Measured Physical Activity, Fundamental Motor Skills and Time in Sedentary Behavior in Children: A Cross-Sectional Study
Perceptual and motor skills
evaluate cardiovascular nutrition education package designed africanamerican adults wide range literacy skills comparison selfhelp group fullinstruction group group received nutrition counseling clinical monitoring every 4 months three hundred thirty africanamerican adults aged 40 70 years elevated cholesterol level high blood pressure randomly assigned selfhelp fullinstruction group 255 completed 12month followup counseling reduce intake dietary fat cholesterol sodium based cardiovascular dietary education system cardes materials included foodpicture cards nutrition guide selfhelp fullinstruction group video audiotape series 4 classes fullinstruction group changes lipid levels blood pressure 12 months primary analyses consisted repeatedmeasures analysis variance examine effects time randomization group outcomes total cholesterol lowdensity lipoprotein cholesterol level decreased 7 8 selfhelp fullinstruction groups men women p 01 ratio total cholesterol highdensity lipoprotein cholesterol hdlc decreased groups women men fullinstruction group p 01 fullinstruction selfhelp participants elevated blood pressure baseline systolic blood pressure decreased 7 11 mm hg diastolic blood pressure decreased 4 7 mm hg p 01 outcomes differ literacy scores positively related reported initial frequency using cardes materials results suggest periodic nutrition counseling based cardes materials used home study enhance management lipid levels blood pressure africanamerican outpatients