Effectiveness of a nutrition education and physical fitness training program in lowering lipid levels in the black elderly.
A multidisciplinary nutrition education and fitness training program was tested for its effectiveness in lowering lipid profiles of elderly clients through dietary modification and exercise. The program served 31 free-living, predominantly female, black elderly aged 56-88 years. Dietary, anthropometric, biochemical, and fitness assessments were performed before and after the 10-week, biweekly program. Significant decreases (p < 0.05) were seen in waist circumference, total cholesterol (TC), low-density lipoproteins (LDL-C), and TC/HDL-C ratio. These findings suggest a 10-week, biweekly program can be effective in producing both significant, as well as favorable changes, in atherogenic lipids in elderly black subjects.
Doshi
N J
NJ
Hurley
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RS
Garrison
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ME
Stombaugh
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IS
Rebovich
E J
EJ
Wodarski
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LA
Farris
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D001741:Black or African American; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000097:blood / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D010809:Physical Fitness; D015397:Program Evaluation