Impact of a 3-year multi-centre community-based intervention on risk factors for chronic disease and obesity among free-living adults: the Healthy Alberta Communities study

• Main Authors: Ellina Lytvyak (Author), Dana Lee Olstad (Author), Donald P. Schopflocher (Author), Ronald C. Plotnikoff (Author), Kate E. Storey (Author), Candace I. J. Nykiforuk (Author), Kim D. Raine (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Healthy Alberta Communities (HAC) was a 3-year community-based intervention to reduce lifestyle-related risk factors for chronic disease and obesity at a population-level. The current paper examines changes in blood pressure (BP) and anthropometric indicators within HAC communiti...