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An omission in guidelines. Cardiovascular disease prevention should also focus on dietary policies for healthcare facilities.
- Source :
- Clinical Nutrition; Jan2023, Vol. 42 Issue 1, p18-21, 4p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
-
Abstract
- Suboptimal diet is a major modifiable risk factor in cardiovascular disease. Governments, individuals, educational institutes, healthcare facilities and the industry all share the responsibility to improve dietary habits. Healthcare facilities in particular present a unique opportunity to convey the importance of healthy nutrition to patients, visitors and staff. Guidelines on cardiovascular disease do include policy suggestions for population-based approaches to diet in a broad list of settings. Regrettably, healthcare facilities are not explicitly included in this list. The authors propose to explicitly include healthcare facilities as a setting for policy suggestions in the current and future ESC Guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02615614
- Volume :
- 42
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Clinical Nutrition
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 160733097
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.11.010