Improvements in US diet helped reduce disease burden and lower premature deaths, 1999-2012; overall diet remains poor

Health Affairs

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1916-1922

  Wang, Dong D ^a   Li, Yanping ^a   Chiuve, Stephanie E ^a,b   Hu, Frank B ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREMATURE MORTALITY; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTHY DIET; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; TRENDS;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949226883     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0640     Document Type: Article

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