TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing heart-healthy alternatives at cardiology meetings
T2 - grilled salmon or beef tenderloin?
AU - Maxwell, Kelly
AU - Ammerman, Alice
AU - McGaghie, William C.
AU - Bryan, Clayton H.
AU - Simpson, Ross J.
PY - 1989/7/1
Y1 - 1989/7/1
N2 - Recognizing that physicians have changed their eating habits,1 such as reducing saturated fat in their diets,2 we offered more prudent food selections as part of a recent cardiology conference. Our goal was to provide options to those who choose to consume a diet consistent with the saturated fat and cholesterol recommendations of the National Cholesterol Education Program.3 This report demonstrates the ease of offering such options and presents the results of a survey assessing the acceptability and importance of such prudent foods to the physician attendees.
AB - Recognizing that physicians have changed their eating habits,1 such as reducing saturated fat in their diets,2 we offered more prudent food selections as part of a recent cardiology conference. Our goal was to provide options to those who choose to consume a diet consistent with the saturated fat and cholesterol recommendations of the National Cholesterol Education Program.3 This report demonstrates the ease of offering such options and presents the results of a survey assessing the acceptability and importance of such prudent foods to the physician attendees.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90667-X
DO - 10.1016/0002-9149(89)90667-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 2741804
AN - SCOPUS:0024335770
SN - 0002-9149
VL - 64
SP - 111
EP - 113
JO - The American journal of cardiology
JF - The American journal of cardiology
IS - 1
ER -