
Ellen LiskovYale-New Haven Hospital | YNHH
Ellen Liskov
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With the rate of obesity on the rise worldwide, individuals with schizophrenia represent a particularly vulnerable population. The aim of this study was to assess the metabolic profile of individuals with schizophrenia in relation to dietary and physical activity habits compared with healthy controls.
Dietary and physical activity habits of 130 ind...
With the prevalence of obesity on the rise worldwide, schizophrenia patients represent a particularly vulnerable population. We compared laboratory, anthropometric measurements, and nutritional composition of the diet for 55 schizophrenic individuals (mean age= 46.8) with 119 age, gender, and ethnicity matched controls (mean age= 46.8) from the 200...
Obesity is a serious medical problem that disproportionately affects people with severe mental illness. Behavioral strategies aimed at lifestyle modification have proven effective for weight loss in general population but have not been studied adequately among persons with schizophrenia. We have conducted a randomized controlled pilot trial of an e...
Garlic powder tablets have been reported to lower serum cholesterol levels. There is widespread belief among the general public that garlic powder tablets aid in controlling cholesterol levels. However, much of the prior data demonstrating the cholesterol-lowering effect of garlic tablets involved studies that were inadequately controlled.
To deter...
LEARNING OUTCOME: To define medical nutrition therapy practice guidelines for individuals taking lovastatin for hyperlipidemia.
When medical nutrition therapy fails to adequately control blood cholesterol levels and drug therapy is initiated, maintenance of a heart healthy diet is often perceived to be of little importance. In order to develop prac...
There are now extensive data suggesting that the progression of atherosclerosis can be altered by cholesterol-lowering therapy. The changes in stenosis severity, measured angiographically, are small relative to the clinical benefit noted. Other factors, in addition to changes in stenosis severity, are probably operative. Effects of cholesterol-lowe...