It really involves individuals changing their outlook about their own health and their orientation towards the future. The first is diet. Generally, in lifestyle modification programs the diet is oriented towards cardio protection. The second is aerobic exercise. Actually, the exercise part of the program has expanded to involve resistance and aerobic training.
Stress management is the third crucially important component.
Group support is the fourth focal part of the lifestyle modification program. Development of the community has tremendous power to promote and hold on to changes. The communities that are developed in lifestyle modification programs optimally continue after the formal program is over. Those are the basic components of the lifestyle modification program. Programs generally are a year long, although some of them are six months or nine months.