Nutritional research is moving to a whole-diet approach, time for food policy

Given that those with diets that aligned more with this unhealthy dietary pattern had an increased risk of CVD and death, these findings may partly explain why ischaemic heart disease remains the leading cause of death amongst men in the UK, whilst in women, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have bee...

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Published in:BMC medicine 2021-04, Vol.19 (1), p.108-108, Article 108
Main Authors: McKenzie, Briar L, Jaacks, Lindsay M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases
Coronary artery disease
COVID-19
Death
Dementia disorders
Diet
Dietary intake
Dietary patterns
Disease prevention
Empowerment
Food
Food intake
Food policy
Heart diseases
Mortality
Neurodegenerative diseases
Nutrition research
Obesity
Sex differences
Television
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Summary:Given that those with diets that aligned more with this unhealthy dietary pattern had an increased risk of CVD and death, these findings may partly explain why ischaemic heart disease remains the leading cause of death amongst men in the UK, whilst in women, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have been the leading cause of death since 2011 [5]. Whilst the strategy largely relies on ‘individual empowerment’, there are some broader policy measures, including (1) to legislate the end of promoting foods high in fat, sugar or salt (e.g. to stop ‘2 for the price of 1’ promotions on certain foods) and (2) to ban the advertising of foods high in fat, sugar or salt on television or online before 9 pm. If GPs start collecting diet information as part of routine assessments, those data could be captured and used to monitor population diets and the association of dietary intake with health outcomes. Associations between dietary patterns and the incidence of total and fatal cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in 116 806 individuals from the UK Biobank: a prospective cohort study.
ISSN:1741-7015
1741-7015
DOI:10.1186/s12916-021-01984-9