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Alta View Hospital

Nutrition Research

To better serve our patients, we continually engage in clinical trials. We are currently involved in two research studies:

Medical Nutrition Therapy Cardiac Outcomes Study - The broad and long term objective of this pilot study is to help identify the most effective and cost efficient method in delivering an evidence-based cardiac nutrition education program for the management of defined cardiac risk factors.
The B.E.S.T. Study - The objective of this study is related to teenaged subjects and is three-fold: ACL injury risk, anabolic steroid and substance abuse in male athletes, and eating, sports and health in female athletes.

For more information on the Cardiac Outcomes Study, please contact us at (801) 408-1730.
For information on the B.E.S.T. study, visit the study web site.

Medical Nutrition Therapy Cardiac Outcomes Study - The broad and long term objective of this pilot study is to help identify the most effective and cost efficient method in delivering an evidence-based cardiac nutrition education program for the management of defined cardiac risk factors. To accomplish this we will:

Evaluate the effect on CV risk factors of IHC's evidence based cardiac nutrition education program delivered individually, in a group setting, or in a control arm to validate the effectiveness of these recommendations in a free-living environment.
Estimate the size of the difference in overall effectiveness and total costs of delivering this program in an individual versus group setting versus a control group.

The B.E.S.T. Study - B.E.S.T. stands for Better Eating, Safer Training: This study, conducted at The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital on the Cottonwood Hospital Campus, will address unhealthy behaviors and conditions, identify risk factors, and develop integrative approaches that provide the building blocks for a healthy lifestyle. Programs will target nutrition, physical activity, and safe exercise training. B.E.S.T. research projects are planned to begin throughout 2004/2005, with the development and implementation of programs to be started in the fall of 2005. The following projects will form the basis for the development of such programs.

Eating, Sports, and Health in Females - The Female Athlete Triad Assessment and monitoring of all female students with regards to sports participation, injuries, eating behaviors, and general health, with particular interest on The Female Athlete Triad, over the course of one school year.
ACL Injury Risk Factors in Soccer and Basketball Assessment of soccer and basketball female and male athletes with regards to biomechanical and nutritional factors that may impose risks for lower extremity injury such as an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear.
Anabolic Steroid and Dietary Supplement Abuse Assessment of all male students with regards to the use of dietary supplements and anabolic steroids, and the student's knowledge and reasons for using these products.