Canadian Health Advanced By Nutrition and Graded Exercise

Summary

The overall objective of the CHANGE initiative is to change the delivery of care in primary care clinics to treat disease by reducing reliance on drugs and hospitals through the promotion of scientifically validated nutritional concepts and exercise. Specifically, the objective is to identify patients from primary care clinics with metabolic syndrome who are not morbidly obese and use diet and exercise interventions to reverse the changes, reduce reliance on pharmacotherapy and prevent progression to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Conditions

• Metabolic Syndrome

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Dietary Intervention

Nutrition assessment, review of the basic principles of dietary intervention for metabolic syndrome with an emphasis on the clinical risk factors identified for each individual, joint goal setting to determine what dietary changes are feasible, considering intention and barriers to dietary behaviour change.

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise Prescription and Fitness Program

Exercise tests (aerobic fitness, muscular and flexibility tests) recommended by the Canadian Society of Exercise Physiology (CSEP), followed by an individualized exercise plan including fitness assessments.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton

  collaborator OTHER

• Daren K. Heyland

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Khush Jeejeebhoy, MD · University of Toronto

• Paula Brauer · University of Guelph

• Angelo Tremblay · Laval University

• David Mutch, PhD · University of Guelph

• Doug Klein, MD · University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

• Lew Pliamm, MD · Canadian Phase Onward

• Caroline Rheaume · Laval University

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-10-31

Primary Completion

2016-02-29

Completion

2016-02-29

Countries

• Canada

Study Locations