Abstract
Nutrition education is an important part of cardiac rehabilitation programs ( (1) Travers K.D. Tan M.H. McCleave A.P. Murphy A. Whiting S. Evaluation of a motivational education program for cardiovascular risk reduction effects on knowledge and behavior. J Nutr Educ. 1992; 24: 109-115 Google Scholar , (2) Karvetti R-.L. Hämäläinen H. Long-term effects of nutrition education on myocardial infarction patients a 10-year follow-up study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 1993; 3: 185-192 Google Scholar ). The nutritional aims of Finnish cardiac rehabilitation programs are to effect permanent, favorable changes in diet, nutrient intake, and serum lipid levels. Similar recommendations are part of cardiac rehabilitation programs in the United States ( (3) Wenger N.K. Froelicher E.S. Smith L.K. Ades P.A. Berra K. Blumenthal J.A. Certo C.M.E. Dattilo A.M. Davis D. DeBusk R.F. Drozda Jr, J.P. Fletcher B.J. Franklin B.A. Gaston H. Greenland P. McBride P.E. McGregor C.G.A. Oldridge N.B. Piscatella J.C. Rogers F.J. Cardiac Rehabilitation as Secondary Prevention. Clinical Practice Guideline Quick Reference Guide for Clinicians, No. 17. US Dept of Health and Human Service, Public Health Service, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research and National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Rockville, Md1995 Google Scholar ). Nutrition education has only limited value, however, if patients do not follow the advice.
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