The National Diet-Heart Study: An Initial Report

Benjamin M. Baker, Ivan D. Frantz, Ancel Keys, Laurance W. Kinsell, Irvine H. Page, Jeremiah Stamler, Fredrick J. Stare

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)105-106
Number of pages2
JournalJAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association
Volume185
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 13 1963

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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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