Intensive Intervention to Improve Lifestyles in Subjects With Intermediate Cardiovascular Risk.

Individual standardized counselling on healthy diet, daily physical activity, stress management, smoking cessation, and moderation in alcohol consumption.

"Group sessions focusing on cardiovascular risk, diet and moderation in alcohol consumption, physical activity and stress management, and smoking cessation will be held in health centres for four consecutive weeks. Each session will last 60-90 minutes, and will be led by two trained nurse practitioners. Ten participants will assist each group. During each session, attendance will be recorded and printed educational materials related to the topic addressed will be distributed.~Follow-up calls to reinforce lifestyle modification and record the barriers to behaviour change found will be performed 6 and 9 months after enrolment."