Validation of a short food frequency questionnaire to evaluate nutritional lifestyles in hypercholesterolemic patients.

Objectives: The purpose of our study was to develop and validate a short food frequency questionnaire which could assess the nutritional lifestyles of hypercholesterolemic patients consulting in daily practice.

Material And Methods: The questionnaire explores 11 nutrient categories. Hundred and thirty-one patients were recruited for the construct validity and 58 patients for the external validity in La Pitié Hospital, Paris.

Influence of a walking program on the metabolic risk profile of obese postmenopausal women.

Objective: Menopause transition is associated with an increased prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MS), which may partly explain the higher coronary heart disease risk. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of a 16-week walking program on the metabolic risk profile of women 50 to 65 years old whose body mass index ranged from 29 to 35 kg/m.

Methods: A total of 153 postmenopausal women were subjected to three sessions per week of 45-minutes of walking at 60% of their heart rate reserve.