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Worcester Area Trial For Counseling In Hyperlipidemia (Watch)-
WATCH is a randomized controlled trial designed to evaluate the effects of: 1) a nutrition intervention training program for primary care internists; and 2) a structured office practice environment for nutrition management on eating patterns (i.e. reduction of calories from saturated fat) and serum cholesterol of patients of both sexes in the upper quartile of the cholesterol distribution enrolled in the Fallon Clinic. The effectiveness of the interventions are being evaluated by a randomized controlled design in which 1500 patients are allocated by site to one of three conditions: 1) control; 2) physician nutrition counseling training; and 3) physician nutrition counseling training plus a structured office environment for nutrition management. Twelve sites have been randomized to the three conditions, and over forty physicians have been trained in techniques for dietary intervention.

 

Other Studies-
  • Diet and Natural Killer Activity Trials
  • Studies of Breast Cancer Prognosis
  • Dietary Assessment
  • Epidemiology and Statistical Issues in Large-scale Clinical trials
  • Biological Nutirient Assessment

 
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