July 26, 2022 – The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released today a final recommendation statement on behavioral counseling interventions to promote a healthy diet and physical activity for cardiovascular disease prevention in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors. The Task Force recommends that healthcare professionals decide together with their patients who do not have risk factors whether counseling interventions on healthy diet and physical activity might help prevent heart attack and stroke. To view the recommendation, the evidence on which it is based, and a summary for clinicians, please go here. The final recommendation statement can also be found in the July 26, 2022, online issue of JAMA.
