A culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention can successfully treat the components of metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia

作者：Kousar Rizwana; Burns Cate; Lewandowski Paul^*

来源：Metabolism-Clinical and Experimental, 2008, 57(11): 1502-1508.

DOI：10.1016/j.metabol.2008.06.003

This study was designed to test the effectiveness of a culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention to treat metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia. Forty Pakistani women with metabolic syndrome (aged 20-50 years) completed a 12-week culturally appropriate diet and exercise program. Results indicate that, before intervention, participants were sedentary, taking 4000 +/- 22.6 steps per day, and had an obese-classified body mass index (BMI) of 29.2 +/- 0.46 kg/m(2) (BMI was categorized in accordance with guidelines specifically designed for Asians) and high waist circumference of 132 +/- 25.95 cm. Participants were hypertensive (systolic, 135 +/- 13 mm Hg; diastolic, 86 +/- 0.68 mm Hg), were dyslipidemic (total cholesterol, 6.8 +/- 0.15 mmol/L; triglycerides, 2.9 +/- 0.09 mmol/L), and had elevated blood glucose (6.4 +/- 0.33 mmol/L) and fasting blood insulin (45 +/- 6.3 mu U/mL) levels. After the 12-week Culturally appropriate intervention, activity increased (8600 +/- 596.7 steps per day, P <.05); and BMI (27.8 +/- 0.45 kg/m (2)), blood pressure (systolic, 125 +/- 1.4 mm Hg; diastolic, 80 +/- 0.68 mm Hg), cholesterol (5.5 +/- 0.1 mmol/L), blood glucose (5.9 +/- 0.33 mmol/L), and blood insulin (24.14 +/- 1.8 mu U/mL) levels were all significantly reduced (P <.05). This study revealed that the Pakistani female migrants who had metabolic syndrome and its components can successfully be treated via a culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention. The success of the current program raises the possibility that other high-risk ethnic groups can also be treated with a culturally appropriate program.

• 出版日期2008-11
• 单位迪肯大学