A Group Lifestyle Intervention Program Is Associated with Reduced Emergency Department Presentations for People with Metabolic Syndrome: A Retrospective Case-Control Study.

One quarter of the world's adults have metabolic syndrome. Lifestyle modification is the first line of intervention as improvements in diet and exercise can have positive effects on the individual components of metabolic syndrome. The primary aim of this research was to evaluate the effect of an 8-week lifestyle intervention program for people with metabolic syndrome on emergency department presentations, hospital admissions, and metabolic parameters.