Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Persons With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: An Updated Systematic Evidence Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. – (Evidence Synthesis Number 113.)

In this report released in August 2014, researchers compared outcomes of behavioral and lifestyle counseling programs to determine if, and how much, the programs helped overweight adult participants reduce their risk of developing or worsening cardiovascular disease. The findings were used by the United States Preventive Services Task Force to develop a recommendation supporting the use of (or referral to) such programs in primary care settings . . .