Healthy Lifestyle Interventions in General Practice Part 2: Lifestyle and Cardiovascular Disease

  • EW Derman S A Family Practice
  • S Whitesman
  • M Dreyer
  • DN Patel
  • CJ Nossel
  • MP Schwellnus

Abstract

This article forms the second part of the series on the role of lifestyle modification in general practice with specific reference to chronic cardiovascular disease. Whilst the major risk factors which constitute an unhealthy lifestyle were discussed in part 1of this series, the focus of part 2 will give specific practical guidelines which the general practitioner may incorporate into their practice when counselling patients with chronic cardiovascular disease.

Author Biographies

EW Derman, S A Family Practice
MBChB, PhD (Sports & Exercise Medicine), FACSM, FFIMS Associate Professor Sports Medicine & Exercise Science, MRC/UCT Research Unit for Sports Science and Sports Medicine
S Whitesman
MBChB Director Institute for Mindfulness South Africa
M Dreyer
BSc Hons (Sport Science) BSc Hons (Dietetics) Dietitian Vitality Wellness
DN Patel
MBBCh MMed (Paeds) Clinical Specialist, Vitality
CJ Nossel
MBBCh MBA Head of Vitality Wellness
MP Schwellnus
MBBCh, MSc (Med) Sports Science, MD, FACSM, FFIMS Professor of Sports Medicine & Exercise Science, MRC/UCT Research Unit for Sports Science and Sports Medicine