The Treatment of Obesity in Cardiac Rehabilitation: A REVIEW AND PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS
Conclusions:
Cardiac rehabilitation programs need to take on an important challenge of secondary prevention, which is to develop behavioral weight loss programs to assist cardiac patients to lose weight and, thereby, improve multiple risk factors and long-term prognosis.
Source: Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Tags: Invited Review Source Type: research
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