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Monday 4 May 2009

Scientific Journals Reporting CHIP Results

Scientific and medical journals continue to praise the Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP). Read what doctors and scientists have to say bout CHIP's methods of lifestyle change for coronary health. It's encouraging clinical results are published in the following peer-reviewed medical journals and popular publications:

Preventing Chronic Disease
January 2006 "The Behavioural and Clinical Effects of Therapeutic Lifestyle Change on Middle-ages Adults."
The American Journal of Cardiology
November 1998 "Coronary Risk Reduction through Intensive Community-based Lifestyle intervention: The CHIP Experience."
Journal of the American Dietetic Association
March 2005 "Effects of an intensive Diet and Physical Activity Modification Program on the Health Risks of Adults."
Preventive Medicine
April 2004 "Rational & design of the Rockford CHIP, a Community-based Coronary Risk Reduction Program: Results of a Pilot Phase"
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
September 2002 "Impact of the Coronary Health Improvement Project (CHIP) on Several Employee Populations"
June 2005 "The Effects of a Worksite Chronic Disease Prevention Program"
Nutrition Action (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
October 2005 "Saving 200 at a Time"

Other Published Articles
  • Absolute Advantage: "The CHIP Prescription for Health"
  • The Perth Cohort: "Evaluation of CHIP (May 2005) as Conducted in Perth, Australia," prepared by Heike Englert, PhD, MPH
  • Nutrition & Health, 2003; vol, 17, 55-60; "Best Practices and Strategies for Wight Management - Allan Withnell, MD
  • Preventive Cardiology, 2001, 171-7: "Eliminating Heart Disease" - Caldwell Esselstyn, MD, Cleveland Clinic
  • Angiology, 51:10, 2002;817-26:"Effect of Diets on Coronary Blood Flow"
All of the above publications can be viewed and downladed by visiting http://www.chiphealth.com/about_chip/scientific_articles.php (updated)