The mortality gap in people with severe mental illness is primarily driven by preventable cardiometabolic disease, strongly related to unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and metabolic effects of antipsychotic medication. The study is a 12-week RCT embedded in the Canberra Health Services, Specialist Youth Mental Health Outreach program. The trial will quantify whether metabolic and functional markers of physical health in young people, who have experienced early onset psychosis, can be improved by a combined practical dietary and physical activity intervention.

Affiliations
University of Canberra Research Institute for Sport and Exercise, Discipline of Sport and Exercise Science, School of Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Canberra