IMPORTANCE Diet and exercise represent the mainstays of obesity treatment. No systematic review has been conducted comparing the effect of dietary and exercise intervention in reducingmetabolic risks in overweight children. OBJECTIVE To compare the effects of diet-only intervention with those of ...

Background: Health promotion interventions have demonstrated improved outcomes for chronic diseases and quality of life. There arefew studies, however, evaluating the impact of combined diet/exercise interventions on cognition in individuals classified as overweight or having obesity. Methods: A ...

Objective: A hypertensive response to exercise (HRE) is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and may reveal high blood pressure (BP) not detected by standard assessment at rest. Structural cardiac disease may underlie the association between HRE and cardiovascular risk, although this has not ...

BACKGROUND: Exercise performed at home could be a useful therapy for people with chronic kidney disease. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed at describing the characteristics, main findings, methodological quality, and adherence rate reported in the existent randomized controlled trial...

Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of high intensity interval training (HIIT) versus moderate intensity continuous training (MICT) in heart failure patients with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Background: Despite the well-known positive effects of exercise in hear...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the evidence of the efficacy of mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in improving stress, depression and anxiety in breast cancer patients. Methods: An extensive systematic electronic review (PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsyArticles, PsycINFO, Scopus, ...

As one of the most widely used mindfulness-based psychotherapeutic intervention techniques, mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) has emerged as an auxiliary or alternative technique for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This study conducted a meta-analysis of the effect...

Objectives: Depression, a common mental health problem, is projected to be the second leading cause of disability for adults by year 2020. Mindfulness-based interventions (MFIs) have been integrated into therapeutic work on depression, but limited systematic reviews reported their efficacy on het...

Objectives: The main objective was to determine the efficacy of Mindfulness-Based Interventions in improving the cognitive function of older adults (healthy adults or adults with mild cognitive impairment). Methods: A search was conducted in 4 databases. The effect sizes were extracted to perf...

Background: Mindfulness-Based Interventions (MBIs) have been increasingly proposed as treatment in patients with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), showing promising results on different proposed outcomes, in both children and adults. Objectives: To systematically review and meta...