Since it has been suggested that Paleo diet has been beneficial in weight balance, Mellberg et al. 2014 hypothesized that Paleo diet was going to work better during a two-year period. In this study, the participants were 70 postmenopausal women that had a BMI greater than 27. They were randomly selected and everyone apart from the dietitians didn’t know they diet that each participant was assigned to (Paleo diet or a diet following dietary guidelines). Participants were given recipes and instructions to take home. During the first six months, there were four cooking classes and four follow up sessions offered (Mellberg et al. 2014). At the beginning of the study, anthropometric measurements were taken and then later taken at 6, 12, 18, and 24 months. These measurements included abdominal diameter, body composition, blood pressure, glucose levels, and energy expenditure. Participants were asked to keep a food record for four days (which included 3 weekdays and 1 weekend day). The …show more content…
Jankovic et al., 2015 used the Network of Cohorts in European and the United States (Chances) to determine if there was evidence on the association in the elderly population between CVD, coronary artery disease (CAD) or stroke and the dietary recommendations. In this study, there were 281,874 participants (cohort study) from ages 60 and older (Jankovic et al., 2015). Food frequency questionnaires (FFQ) were used as a dietary assessment and the healthy diet index (HDI) was used. The results showed that 12,492 people died of CVD, 6,004 died from coronary artery disease (CAD) and 2,401 died of a stroke. There were no significant associations between HDI and CVD, CAD, and a stroke. It was concluded that there was an inverse association of HDI and CVD especially for southern Europe and the United States (Jankovic et al.,