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Clinical Trial
. 1998 Feb;88(2):258-61.
doi: 10.2105/ajph.88.2.258.

One-year follow-up of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children

A M Tershakovec  1 , B M Shannon, C L Achterberg, J M McKenzie, J K Martel, H Smiciklas-Wright, S E Pammer, J A Cortner
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Clinical Trial

One-year follow-up of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children

A M Tershakovec et al. Am J Public Health. 1998 Feb.

Abstract

Objectives: This study evaluated retention of the effect of a home-based, practitioner-initiated nutrition education model.

Methods: Children with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were randomly assigned to one of two nutrition interventions or to an at-risk control group. Intervention effects were evaluated 3, 6, and 12 months postbaseline.

Results: The parent-child autotutorial group demonstrated significant increases in knowledge and, along with the counseling group, decreases in total and saturated fat intake. Also, the autotutorial and counseling groups retained a majority of their initial LDL cholesterol decrease.

Conclusions: Knowledge of heart-healthful eating and dietary fat intake as well as dietary change can be affected and retained via home-based, practitioner-initiated nutrition interventions with hypercholesterolemic children, although some form of ongoing intervention may be necessary to produce lasting decreases in LDL cholesterol levels.

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