The approach was that, rather than carrying out the intervention at the central John Hopkins Clinic, thus requiring transportation of potentially anxious participants to a strange environment, the new interventions were carried out by trained local NHWs in a more accessible local community site. The nutrition interventions used fat counters that focused on total fat gram goals, and intervention was carried out by the NHW/N with assistance from cookbooks appropriate for African American households. Siblings were requested to come monthly for dietary counseling. Smoking cessation interventions used individual counseling previously carried out by the investigators. Smoking assessment included self-report and measures of carbon monoxide (CO) in expired air. Study physicians carried out pharmacologic interventions for blood pressure, lipids and lipoproteins. Diabetes treatment was through referral to the patient's private physician. Nurses provided oversight to NHWs.