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Effectiveness of culturally adapted lifestyle intervention package on blood pressure: A systematic review.

Key takeaways

Researchers searched five large medical databases for lifestyle programs built to fit people's own culture, mixing food changes, exercise and behavior support. They then judged how well those programs lowered blood pressure in different groups of people. Lower blood pressure is one of the strongest ways to protect kidneys over years. This is a review of other studies, and the text available here gives no pooled numbers, so how big the drop is stays unknown.

Who did this work

Mamun MAA (Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh.) · Orchi K (Department of Public Health and Informatics, Bangladesh Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.) · Chowdhury A (Department of Public Health and Informatics, Bangladesh Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.) · Choudhury SR (Department of Epidemiology & Research, National Heart Foundation Hospital & Research Institute, Dhaka, Bangladesh.) · Haque MA (Department of Public Health and Informatics, Bangladesh Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD mind-body · 2026-08-21
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhip.2026.100846