@article{91b939900d76478cbe83dd9e3d36b320,
title = "The National Diet-Heart Study: An Initial Report",
author = "Baker, {Benjamin M.} and Frantz, {Ivan D.} and Ancel Keys and Kinsell, {Laurance W.} and Page, {Irvine H.} and Jeremiah Stamler and Stare, {Fredrick J.}",
note = "Funding Information: 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",
year = "1963",
month = jul,
day = "13",
doi = "10.1001/jama.1963.03060020065024",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "185",
pages = "105--106",
journal = "JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association",
issn = "0098-7484",
publisher = "American Medical Association",
number = "2",
}