Prevention and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease in People With Diabetes Through Lifestyle Modification: Current Evidence-Based Recommendations
- Raquel Franzini Pereira, MS, RD, LD and
- Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD, CDE
Abstract
In Brief
People with diabetes are at much higher risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD) than the average population. Evidence-based, prioritized, and strategic management of CVD risk factors among people with diabetes is necessary for the improvement of its burden on disability, morbidity, mortality, and high health care costs. Risk factors for diabetes and CVD are similar, and most can be effectively decreased by lifestyle modification. Medical nutrition therapy and other lifestyle recommendations for CVD prevention and treatment are discussed.
Footnotes
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Raquel Franzini Pereira, MS, RD, LD, is the Health and Wellness Manager at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation in Minneapolis, Minn. Marion J. Franz, MS, RD, LD, CDE, is a nutrition/health consultant, Nutrition Concepts by Franz, Inc., in Minneapolis, Minn.
- American Diabetes Association
