Valoración de los beneficios para la salud conseguidos mediante un programa nutricional dirigido a internos con factores de riesgo cardiovascular del Centro Penitenciario de Huelva

background: diet and lifestyle are important factors in improving cardiovascular health and preventing chronic diseases. objectives: assessment of changes brought about in cardiovascular risk (cvr) and metabolic syndrome (ms) after inclusion in a nutritional program. materials and methods: intervention, nonrandomized prospective cohort study carried out at huelva prison in a one year period. information about quarterly and bi-annual anthropometric and blood biochemical variables was obtained to assess changes in diet. a descriptive analysis with lc 95% and pre-post study was also completed, using t-student quantitative variables and wilcoxon test averages. qualitative testing was performed using the chi-square test. results: the sample consisted of 139 subjects, 44 patients were lost in the follow-up study and 95 completed the program. diet modification took place in 86.3% of the cases. we obtained significant improvements in weight, body mass, fat mass, abdominal perimeter and diastolic blood pressure rate index variables (table 3). we see a reduction in high and low cvr vs. medium cvr according to features of framingham and regicor (without significance), remaining stable in the score model (table 4). conclusions: health education and proper diet improved anthropometric and biochemical parameters in these patients. this may imply a new tool in the health care repertoire that can be applied to other centres.