PSYC 314 Lecture Notes - Impaired Glucose Tolerance, Smoking Cessation, Blood Sugar
Document Summary
Faith et al. , pediatrics, 2001: obese children who watch > 2 hr/day of tv. Either linked or non-linked: outcomes: tv watching. Results for tv watching: huge drop in tv watching when they are in the experimental group (bike linked to tv) they go from about twenty hours of tv per week to less than five. Results for exercise: experimental group shows a significantly greater decrease in body fat over the time frame of the experiment. Diet is low in fat (lower than daily recomended value from gov"t) Low in cholesterol (less than in the daily recommended amount for americans) Lots of fruit, veggies, whole grains, soy. Emphasis is on what you are consuming, not how much. Intervention or usual medical care for 1 year. 12,866 men recruited all over country from workplaces. Targeted men at high risk (high bp, cholesterol, smoking), but no chd. Outcome: reduction in risk factors mortality from mi over 16 years.
