Session 4: CVD, diabetes and cancer - Evidence for the use of the Mediterranean diet in patients with CHD

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  McKeown, Pascal P ^a   Logan, Karen ^a   McKinley, Michelle C ^a   Young, Ian S ^a   Woodside, Jayne V ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CHD; Mediterranean diet; Non Mediterranean populations; Reduction in CHD risk

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FLAVONOID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID; FRUIT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART PROTECTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RATING SCALE; RED WINE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY PREVENTION; THERAPY EFFECT; VEGETABLE;

CORONARY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET, MEDITERRANEAN; EUROPE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 77949655998     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665109991856     Document Type: Conference Paper

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