Publications by authors named "A N Thorndike"
Objective: Identify the most important sociodemographic and behavioral factors related to the diet of low-income adults with hypertension in order to guide the development of a community health worker (CHW) healthy eating intervention for low-income populations with hypertension.
Design: In this cross-sectional analysis, dietary recalls were used to assess Healthy Eating Index-2020 (HEI-2020) total (range: 0 to 100 [best diet quality]) and component scores and sodium intake. Self-reported sociodemographic and behavioral data were entered into a Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) regression model to determine the relative importance of factors related to diet quality.
Lifestyle Medicine Virtual Group Visits (LMVGVs) have potential for providing effective lifestyle education and counseling to patients who have or are at risk for chronic disease. The purpose of this study was to assess primary care patients' motivations for participation in and preferences for future engagement with LMVGVs. This was a cross-sectional survey conducted in an academic community-based clinic.
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- In 2022, 1 in 8 people globally lived with obesity, prompting the use of lifestyle changes—like diet, exercise, and behavioral modifications—as the primary management strategy.
- * With the introduction of new pharmacologic therapies, particularly glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists, the American Gastroenterological Association issued guidelines recommending the addition of medications for adults with obesity who don't respond well to lifestyle changes alone.
- * Two experts evaluate how effective both lifestyle and pharmacologic interventions are for treating obesity and discuss strategies for shared decision-making in creating a personalized treatment plan.
Introduction/objectives: Adults with food insecurity (FI) face barriers to hypertension management, including difficulty adhering to diet recommendations. Few community health worker (CHW) interventions focus on diet to improve blood pressure. This qualitative study elicited patient and CHW perspectives on healthy eating and a future CHW nutrition intervention for patients with hypertension.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground Nearly all US adults exceed sodium recommendations, which increases cardiovascular risk. Understanding racial and ethnic differences in sodium sources and behaviors could lead to nuanced public health messaging, dietary interventions, and clinical guidance to more equitably achieve population-level sodium reduction. Methods Using National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2017-2020 pre-pandemic data, racial and ethnic differences in sodium sources and sodium-related behaviors (e.
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