Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 105-106 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association |
Volume | 185 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 13 1963 |
Funding
ISGENERALLYRECOGNIZEDthatathero- ITsclerosisisacomplexdiseaseofthearteriesand thatanumberoffactorsinfluenceitsdevelopment. Inparticular,coronaryatherosclerosisandthere- sultantheartdiseasehavebeenthesubjectofmany studies because of thehighmorbidityandmor- talityratesandbecauseofthelimitationsof present-daytherapy.Muchevidenceimplicatesdiet asoneofthekeyetiologicalfactors.Withinthelast 10yearsseveralinvestigatorshaveundertaken studiestoexaminetheinfluenceofdietarymodificationontheoccurrenceofclinicalcoronaryheart disease.By1959itwasapparentthatlarge-scale fieldtrialsmightbefeasibleandthatanational cooperativeeffortmightbetheappropriatemeans toaccomplishthisdifficultresearchmission. In 1960, with the support of the National Heart InstituteoftheUSPublicHealth Service, an Execu- tiveCommitteeonDietandHeartDiseasewas establishedunderthe chairmanship of Dr. Irvine H. PageofCleveland.Thiscommitteeincludedlead-ingmedical,nutritional,andepidemiologicalsci¬ entists,aswellasliaisonrepresentativesofthe AmericanHeart Association, the American Medical Association,theNationalHeartInstitute,andthe NutritionFoundation. Formorethan2yearsthiscommitteeextensively exploredallaspectsoftheproblemofmassfield trials and theprimarypreventionofcoronarydis¬ easeintheAmericanpopulation.Muchofitswork
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- General Medicine