Impact of a Mediterranean Diet on Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors

This approved and funded research project is part of a larger project titled "Algarve Active Ageing - Cardiac and Osteoarthritis Rehabilitation (A3-COR): personalized exercise protocol in the rehabilitation after acute myocardial infarction or at risk of cardiovascular disease and knee osteoarthritis, a multicenter clinical intervention study". The main objective of this work is to quantify the effect of a nutritional and physical activity intervention in improving important risk factors for cardiovascular disease, such as body weight, body composition, and waist circumference.