Effect of a Nutritional Intervention That Incorporates the Transtheoretical Model

Intervention with the Transtheoretical Model, through group and individual sessions with topics of healthy eating habits taught by a dietician, physical activity and exercise manual taught by a physical therapist, preparation of healthy food with menu taught by graduates in gastronomy, confrontation of barriers given by a psychologist. This group had a monthly monitoring during 3 months. The food plan that was prescribed to the intervention group was with the characteristics of the DASH diet, according to the most recent international guides of the ACC and AHA, for the reduction of cardiovascular risk.