Designed and created by Guideline Central in participation with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
Nutrition and Physical Activity: General Population
Objective
Objective
The purpose of this patient summary is to provide information regarding nutrition and physical activity interventions in adults 18 years of age or older who are healthy or have cardiometabolic risk factors, such as overweight (body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 or as defined for the specific population), pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension.
Background and Definitions
Background and Definitions
- Lifestyle behaviors, particularly consuming a nutritious diet and obtaining adequate physical activity, can help prevent cardiometabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
- Many adults do not meet dietary and physical activity recommendations.
- While most adults desire to achieve and maintain health, each person experiences unique circumstances that benefit or limit the use of recommended lifestyle behaviors.
- Nuanced, biased, and evolving information, from both the media and research, may mislead or confuse individuals about which lifestyle behaviors best improve and maintain health.
- Qualified nutrition and exercise practitioners can address challenges to adopting healthy lifestyle behaviors by providing consistent, individualized, and evidence-based education and programming.
- In this patient summary cardiometabolic risk factors refers to individuals who are considered to be overweight, pre-diabetic, and pre-hypertensive. It does not focus on adults with a diagnosed disease.
Healthy Adults (adults without cardiometabolic risk factors or disease)
Healthy Adults (adults without cardiometabolic risk factors or disease)
- It is important for nutrition and exercise providers to recommend individualized nutrition and physical activity interventions.
- Referral to specialists should be given when appropriate or desired by the individual to improve dietary and physical activity behaviors.
At-risk Adults (adults with cardiometabolic risk factors)
At-risk Adults (adults with cardiometabolic risk factors)
- It is important for nutrition and exercise providers to offer individualized nutrition and physical activity interventions.
- Referral to specialists should be done when appropriate or desired by the individual to improve dietary and physical activity behaviors.
Source Citation
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Evidence Analysis Library NPA-GP Workgroup (2023) Evidence-Based Nutrition Practice Guideline, Chicago, IL. To view the entire NPA-GP 2023 Guideline, including introduction scope, harms/benefit and supporting evidence, visit www.andeal.org/npa
Disclaimer
The information in this patient summary should not be used as a substitute for professional medical care or advice. Contact a health care provider if you have questions about your health.