Prevention & lipidsResearch article
Nutritional interventions in cardiac rehabilitation: current evidence, evidence gaps, and future directions—a scoping review
- Scoping review
- Arksey and O'Malley framework
- PRISMA-ScR
Authors' conclusion
Nutritional interventions within CR were most consistently associated with improvements in intermediate behavioral, anthropometric, and cardiometabolic outcomes, particularly when structured and reinforced over time.
Study context
- Population
- Adults with established CVD in structured cardiac rehabilitation programs receiving an explicitly described nutritional intervention35 studies
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Outcomes reported with nutritional interventions in CR:
- Body weight
- Central adiposity
- Dietary adherence
- Lipids
- Inflammatory markers
- BP
- Functional capacity
- Clinical outcomes
- Improvements in body weight, central adiposity and adherence to cardioprotective dietary recommendations commonly reported, particularly with repeated contact and individualized support
- Effects on lipid profiles, inflammatory markers, BP, functional capacity and clinical outcomes more variable
Original publication
Nutritional interventions in cardiac rehabilitation: current evidence, evidence gaps, and future directions—a scoping review. Eur J Prev Cardiol. Published 21 July 2026. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwag375
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it