SynthesisBMC public health2013
Effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy diet in primary care: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 67 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Evaluation of Nutrient Consumption for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases in Health Promotion Services: A Controlled and Randomized Community Trial to Promote Fruits and Vegetables.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effects of a community gardening intervention on diet, physical activity, and anthropometry outcomes in the USA (CAPS): an observer-blind, randomised controlled trial.The Lancet. Planetary health · 2023Trial
- Enhanced motivational interviewing for reducing weight and increasing physical activity in adults with high cardiovascular risk: the MOVE IT three-arm RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2019Trial
- Multicomponent mHealth Intervention for Large, Sustained Change in Multiple Diet and Activity Risk Behaviors: The Make Better Choices 2 Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2018Trial
- Population-oriented health promotion and disease prevention interventions in primary healthcare: a scoping review of reviews.BMC primary care · 2026Article
- Consumers vary in their attitudes and expectations about dietary fibre: analysis of answers to a pan-European online survey.Public health nutrition · 2026Article
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- Skill-Mix Changes Targeting Health Promotion and Prevention Interventions and Effects on Outcomes in all Settings (Except Hospitals): Overview of Reviews.International journal of public health · 2023Review
- [PAPPS expert group: Lifestyle recommendations].Atencion primaria · 2022Article
- Co-Amorphous Formation of Simvastatin-Ezetimibe: Enhanced Physical Stability, Bioavailability and Cholesterol-Lowering Effects in LDLr-/-Mice.Pharmaceutics · 2022Article
- NHS Health Checks: an observational study of equity and outcomes 2009-2017.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2021Observational
- Are we speaking the same language? Call for action to improve theory application and reporting in behaviour change research.BMC public health · 2021Article
- Understanding the Variation within a Dietary Guideline Index Score to Identify the Priority Food Group Targets for Improving Diet Quality across Population Subgroups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Providing food to patients in primary care to induce weight loss: a systematic literature review.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2021Review
- [PAPPS expert group. Lifestyle recommendations].Atencion primaria · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundA diet rich in fruit, vegetables and dietary fibre and low in fat is associated with reduced risk of chronic disease. This review aimed to estimate the effectiveness of interventions to promote healthy diet for primary prevention among participants attending primary care.
methodsA systematic review of trials using individual or cluster randomisation of interventions delivered in primary care to promote dietary change over 12 months in healthy participants free from chronic disease or defined high risk states. Outcomes were change in fruit and vegetable intake, consumption of total fat and fibre and changes in serum cholesterol concentration.
resultsTen studies were included with 12,414 participants. The design and delivery of interventions were diverse with respect to grounding in behavioural theory and intervention intensity. A meta-analysis of three studies showed an increase in fruit consumption of 0.25 (0.01 to 0.49) servings per day, with an increase in vegetable consumption of 0.25 (0.06 to 0.44) serving per day. A further three studies that reported on fruit and vegetable consumption together showed a pooled increment of 0.50 (0.13 to 0.87) servings per day. The pooled effect on consumption of dietary fibre, from four studies, was estimated to be 1.97 (0.43 to 3.52) gm fibre per day. Data from five studies showed a mean decrease in total fat intake of 5.2% of total energy (1.5 to 8.8%). Data from three studies showed a mean decrease in serum cholesterol of 0.10 (-0.19 to 0.00) mmol/L.
conclusionPresently-reported interventions to promote healthy diet for primary prevention in primary care, which illustrate a diverse range of intervention methods, may yield small beneficial changes in consumption of fruit, vegetables, fibre and fat over 12 months. The present results do not exclude the possibility that more effective intervention strategies might be developed.
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