A Supermarket and Web-based intervention (SuperWIN) to improve the diet of people with one or more CV risk factors has shown promising results.1 Following dietary interventions carried out at participants’ favoured supermarkets (medical nutrition therapy with or without ‘in aisles’ education and online shopping training), improvements were seen in purchases of ‘healthy foods’ such as fruit and vegetables. Significant improvements were seen in adherence to the healthy-eating, Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet at three months, compared to baseline, especially in those who had the additional education and training. These were accompanied by non-significant improvements in blood pressure and BMI. DASH score improvements remained at six months but were no longer significant.
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- Steen DL, Bavry AA. SuperWIN: A Multisite, Randomized, Controlled Trial of a Supermarket and Web-based Intervention Targeting Nutrition For Cardiovascular Risk Reduction. Presented at ACC.22, April 2-4 2022, Washington DC, USA. Late Breaker