A culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention can successfully treat the components of metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia Kousar, Rizwana, Burns, Cate and Lewandowski, Paul 2008, A culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention can successfully treat the components of metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia, Metabolism : clinical and experimental, vol. 57, no. 11, pp. 1502-1508, doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.06.003. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title A culturally appropriate diet and lifestyle intervention can successfully treat the components of metabolic syndrome in female Pakistani immigrants residing in Melbourne, Australia Author(s) Kousar, Rizwana Burns, Cate Lewandowski, Paul Journal name Metabolism : clinical and experimental Volume number 57 Issue number 11 Start page 1502 End page 1508 Total pages 7 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2008-11 ISSN 0026-0495 1532-8600 Summary 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/m2 (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 ± 1.3 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 μU/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/m2), blood pressure (systolic, 125 ± 1.4 mm Hg; diastolic, 80 ± 0.6 mm Hg), cholesterol (5.5 ± 0.1 mmol/L), blood glucose (5.9 ± 0.33 mmol/L), and blood insulin (24.14 ± 1.8 μU/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. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.06.003 Field of Research 110306 Endocrinology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2008, Elsevier Inc. Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30017344 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Medicine Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:52:20 EST Tue, 08 Sep 2009, 11:42:48 EST Tue, 08 Sep 2009, 11:44:49 EST Tue, 08 Sep 2009, 11:46:49 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 11:45:47 EST Fri, 17 Oct 2014, 09:37:12 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 28 times in TR Web of Science Cited 29 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 802 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Fri, 14 Aug 2009, 13:52:20 EST