Diet and heart disease in the 1980s

dc.contributor.author	Rossouw, J. E.	en_ZA
dc.date.accessioned	2011-03-18T14:57:42Z
dc.date.available	2011-03-18T14:57:42Z
dc.date.issued	1983
dc.description	CITATION: Rossouw, J. E. 1983. Diet and heart disease in the 1980s. South African Medical Journal, 64:437-442.
dc.description	The original publication is available at http://www.samj.org.za
dc.description.abstract	In a climate of increasing concern about the high incidence of coronary heart disease in South Africa, calls are increasingly being made for South Africans to alter their diet. Can this exhortation be justified, and are the right foods being singled out as culprits? If changes in the eating habits of a nation are advocated, the advice must not only be soundly based in terms of likely benefit but must also take account of potential hazards. Critical perusal of the current literature leads to the conclusion that advice promoting a fat-modified, lower-salt diet is sound, safe and likely to be effective, especially as regards the younger segment of the westernized population.
dc.description.version	Publisher’s version
dc.format.extent	6 pages
dc.identifier.issn	2078-5135 (online)
dc.identifier.issn	0256-9574 (print)
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/7595
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Health & Medical Publishing Group
dc.rights.holder	South African Medical Journal
dc.subject	Heart -- Diseases	en_ZA
dc.title	Diet and heart disease in the 1980s	en_ZA
dc.type	Article

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