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Brazil – Sao Caetano Do Sul, Sao Paulo
   
 

Effect of physical activity and nutrition counselling in adults with hypertension and diabetes in a community setting from a developing country.

Principal investigator

Victor Keihan Rodrigues Matsudo, MD PhD

Intervention type

Community intervention

Targeted population

Adults with diabetes and/or hypertension

Target factors

Risk factors    Diseases
  • Nutrition/diet
  • Physical inactivity
 
  • Hypertension
  • Diabetes

Purpose/Goals

To assess impact of a physical activity and nutrition counseling intervention on PA level, food intake, physical fitness and functional capacity of hypertensive and diabetic adults.