Dietary fat and cardiometabolic health: Evidence, controversies, and consensus for guidance

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 361, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Forouhi, Nita G ^a   Krauss, Ronald M ^b   Taubes, Gary ^c   Willett, Walter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Nutrition Science Initiative   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; TRANS FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL; EDIBLE OIL;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT GAIN; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL INTAKE; CHOLESTEROL LEVEL; CONSENSUS; FAT CONTENT; FAT INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTHY DIET; METABOLIC DISORDER; NUTRITION; NUTRITION POLICY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CONSENSUS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FATS, UNSATURATED; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; METABOLIC DISEASES; NUTRITION POLICY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 85048530172     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.k2139     Document Type: Article

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