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- Title
The Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) And Reduction of Chronic Disease Risk Factors in Canada.
- Authors
MORTON, DARREN; RANKIN, PAUL; KENT, LILLIAN; SOKOLIES, REX; DYSINGER, WAYNE; GOBBLE, JOHN; DIEHL, HANS
- Abstract
Purpose: The short-term effectiveness of the nutrition-centred Complete Health Improvement Program (CHIP) lifestyle intervention for improving selected chronic disease risk factors was examined in the Canadian setting. Methods: A total of 1003 people (aged 56.3 ± 12.1 years, 68% female) were self-selected to participate in one of 27 CHIP interventions hosted in community settings by Seventh-day Adventist churches throughout Canada, between 2005 and 2011. The program centred on the promotion of a whole-food, plant-based eating pattern, and daily physical activity was also encouraged. Biometric measures, including body mass index (BMI), blood pressure (BP), blood lipid profile, and fasting blood sugar (FBS), were determined at program entry and 30 days into the intervention. Results: Over 30 days, significant overall reductions (P<0.001) were recorded in the participants’ BMI (-3.1%), systolic BP (-7.3%), diastolic BP (-4.3%), total cholesterol ([TC] -11.3%), low-density lipoprotein cholesterol ([LDL-C] -12.9%), triglycerides ([TG] -8.2%), and FBS (-7.0%). Participants with the highest classifications of TC, LDL-C, TG, and FBS at program entry experienced approximately 20% reductions in these measures in 30 days. Conclusions: The CHIP intervention, which centres on a whole-food, plant-based eating pattern, can lead to rapid and meaningful reductions in chronic disease risk factors in the Canadian context.
- Subjects
CANADA; BLOOD sugar analysis; PREVENTION of chronic diseases; HEALTH promotion; BEHAVIOR modification; BLOOD pressure measurement; CHI-squared test; CHOLESTEROL; CHURCH buildings; DIET; FOOD habits; HEALTH behavior; HIGH density lipoproteins; LOW density lipoproteins; NONPROFIT organizations; NUTRITION; HEALTH outcome assessment; PUBLIC health; T-test (Statistics); TRIGLYCERIDES; VEGETARIANISM; DATA analysis; STATISTICAL significance; EFFECT sizes (Statistics); BODY mass index; TREATMENT effectiveness; PHYSICAL activity; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Dietetic Practice & Research, 2014, Vol 75, Issue 2, p72
- ISSN
1486-3847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3148/75.2.2014.72