NHLBI/NIDDK (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute/National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases). 1998. Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults.
The US NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) sponsored a serious of clinical trials, and determined that the DASH diet was successful in bringing down high blood pressure. In fact, results would happen within as little as 2 weeks.
In 1992 the NHLBI directed five of the most well-respected medical research centers in different cities across the U.S. to conduct the largest and most detailed research study to date.
National Institute of Health (NIH), National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
This site explains what high blood cholesterol is, its signs and symptoms, and how it is diagnosed and treated.
The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), through its National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP), recommends that adults begin cholesterol screening at age 20 and repeat the screening every five years.
The NHLBI calls it a complex chronic disease involving social, behavioral, cultural, physiological, metabolic, and genetic factors.
The National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) says these medications may be useful for people with a BMI of more than 30 with no other risk factors, or a BMI of more than 27 if there are other diseases or risk factors present.
Aim for a Healthy Weight Education Kit is a patient education kit from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) that helps health care providers develop effective weight-management programs in their offices or clinics.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) launched a major study that could help solve one of the hardest aspects of weight loss - maintaining weight loss.
Launched by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in 1985, the NCEP works to reduce the incidence of high cholesterol and heart disease in the US.
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This section of its Web site provides useful, medically reviewed information about obesity and weight loss.
Organizations ...
The NHLBI and NCI are conducting a great deal of
research to find out more about this relationship. There is,
however, a lot that we know now. The relationship of diet to
cancer and the relationship of diet to risk factors for heart ...
Kiernan, M. (2000). "Identifying Patients for Weight-Loss Treatment: An Empirical Evaluation of the NHLBI Obesity Education Initiative Expert Panel Treatment Recommendations." Archives of Internal Medicine 160:2169–2176.
Now, when you consider the BMI and waist circumference together, you get a pretty good idea of a person's relative risk of disease (compared to a person of "normal" weight). The NHLBI or National Heart, Lung, ...
You can order a printed copy the Dash Eating Plan from the National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute for free. Or phone the NHLBI Health Information Center, 301-592-8573 or 240-629-3255 (TTY).
Blood Pressure and Diet Links ...
Source: Evidence Report of Clinical Guidelines on the Identification, Evaluation, and Treatment of Overweight and Obesity in Adults, 1998. NIH/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
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