Mediterranean Diet Program Indirectly Benefits Patients Relatives by Anjanee Sharma on March 10, 2021 at 6:41 PM
Study demonstrates that people living with a patient undergoing intensive weight loss treatment also reap benefits from the treatment.
The research team examined data from 117 patients and 148 family members of the patients included in the PREDIMED-Plus (PREVencióDIetaMEDiterranea Plus) weight loss and lifestyle program for two years. The PREDIMED - Plus is a study where patients follow a Mediterranean diet-based intensive weight reduction program and a plan promoting physical activity. It aims at achieving weight loss in people with obesity and high cardiovascular risk.
The researchers further analyzed whether the family members who were not enrolled in the program also indirectly benefited from it. Three out of four times, family members were the patient s partner, and the rest were children, parents, siblings, or some other kin. Their adh
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People living with a patient undergoing an intensive weight loss treatment also benefit from this therapy. This has been demonstrated by a team of researchers from the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM-Hospital del Mar) along with doctors from Hospital del Mar and the CIBER on the Physiopathology of Obesity and Nutrition (CIBERObn), in collaboration with IDIAPJGol, the Pere Virgili Health Research Institute (IISPV), IDIBELL, IDIBAPS and the Sant Joan de Reus University Hospital. The study has been published in the journal
International Journal of Obesity.
The study analysed data from 148 family members of patients included in the weight loss and lifestyle programme PREDIMED-Plus (PREVencióDIetaMEDiterranea Plus) over a two-year period. The researchers analysed whether these people also indirectly benefited from the programme, as they were not enrolled in the study and did not receive any direct treatment. PREDIMED-Plus is a multicentre study in which a g
Spanish researchers followed 148 family members of people who had decided to strictly follow the Mediterranean diet. Relatives lost an average of 4kg (8.8lbs) after 24 months.
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