FREE living individuals with high levels of blood cholesterol can voluntarily change their diet, reduce blood cholesterol and maintain these changes for at least 12 months. A longitudinal study of randomly selected participants in the 1987 North Coast New South Wales Cholesterol Reduction Campaign indi cates a 10.6 per cent reduction in mean blood choles terol at four to five months and a 9.4 per cent reduction at 12 months. Fifty-five per cent of partici pants maintained at least half of their initial reduc tion and 34 per cent further improved their initial change. These results demonstrate the efficacy of a cholesterol reduction programme based on behav iour modification principles which maximise partici pants' compliance.
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