Structured advice provided by a dietitian increases adherence of consumers to diet and lifestyle changes and lowers blood low-density lipoprotein (LDL)-cholesterol: the Increasing Adherence of Consumers to Diet & Lifestyle Changes to Lower (LDL) Cholesterol (ACT) randomised controlled trial.
T E SialveraA PapadopoulouS P EfstathiouE A TrautweinR T RasN KolliaP FarajianG GoumasI DimakopoulosK PapavasiliouA KoutsouriA ZampelasPublished in: Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association (2017)
Although structured counselling by dietitians and common standard advice by physicians were equally effective with respect to improving blood cholesterol after 6 weeks, dietitians were more effective in the longer-term (i.e. 6 weeks after the end of the intervention period).