A Short-Term Community Study of the Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease

Zukel, William J.; Lewis, Robert Hall; Enterline, Philip E.; Painter, Robert C.; Ralston, Lloyd S.; Fawcett, Robert M.; Meredith, Alla P.; Peterson, B.

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“…Conductors were found to have much lower risk for CVD compared with the drivers. After this study other studies conducted on letter-carriers and mail clerks 4 , farmers and sedentary townsmen 5,6 , railroad track workers and clerks 7,8 and longshoremen loading cargo into ships or tallying it into warehouses 9,10 reached similar conclusions. Today, it is well known that physical inactivity is related to an increased risk for CVD 11 and also to other disease states such as hypertension, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, osteoporosis, obesity and certain forms of cancer 12 .…”

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Regional, demographic and national influences on attitudes and beliefs with regard to physical activity, body weight and health in a nationally representative sample in the European Union

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Introduction: Although the benefits of physical activity regarding body-weight gain and health in general are now widely accepted, physical activity levels remain low among citizens in the western world. This could be attributed to certain attitudes and beliefs about physical activity. Identifying and understanding these parameters would be the first step in an attempt to increase the levels of physical activity in populations generally characterized as having a sedentary lifestyle. Objective: The aim of the present study was to identify the attitudes and beliefs regarding physical activity, body weight and health in a nationally representative sample in the EU and in particular to explore the demographic and national (cultural) influences on attitudes towards physical activity. Design: In each member state of the EU, approximately 1000 adults aged 15 years and over, were selected to complete an interviewer-assisted face-to-face questionnaire. Overall, a sample of 15 239 individuals in the EU participated in the study. Subject selection was quota-controlled to ensure samples in each country were nationally representative. Results: On a European level wide variations were observed regarding the levels, beliefs and attitudes towards physical activity. More positive beliefs were observed among Finns, while less positive beliefs were observed among southern Europeans. A similar pattern was observed for attitudes, with the Portuguese having the highest percentage feeling that they do not need to be more physically active than they already are. However, most southern Europeans felt that a campaign would encourage them to become more active than they already are. On a demographic level, the youngest, more educated and most physically active subjects had more positive attitudes and beliefs towards physical activity and the health benefits derived from it; while for the overweight, beliefs and attitudes toward physical activity were related primarily to the benefits related to weight control. Conclusions: Lower levels of physical activity, an unwillingness to become active among non-participants and confusion regarding the weight gain benefits and general health benefits of exercise were reported more frequently among southern Europeans and older and less educated subjects. The Finns scored highest in all these parameters, possibly due to the programmes implemented and the beliefs and behaviour changes observed in this country during the last few years. The actions taken in Finland and their benefits could be employed appropriately in the other European states.

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Regional, demographic and national influences on attitudes and beliefs with regard to physical activity, body weight and health in a nationally representative sample in the European Union

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“…Surprisingly, case-control studies that investigated the association between SFA intake and the risk of CHD are few and only seven studies were identified. Early studies from North Dakota (Zukel et al, 1959), Ireland (Finegan et al, 1968), Japanese and Hawaiian cohorts in Hawaii (Bassett et al, 1969) and the Scottish Heart Health cohort (Bolton-Smith et al, 1992) did not find a difference in the % calorie intake of SFAs between cases and control subjects. Later studies employed multiple logistic regression analyses to measure risk.…”

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Has the association between saturated fatty acids, serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease been over emphasized?

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2009

International Dairy Journal

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“…In post-war America, epidemiologists set up many prospective studies (34)(35)(36)(37)(38)(39). The most famous and influential was -and is -the Framingham Heart Study.…”

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Dietary Policy, Controversy, and Proof: Doing Something versus Waiting for the Definitive Evidence

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2006

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The view that a healthy diet was low in fats and high in carbohydrates became mainstream and widely accepted during the second half of the 20th century. But discussions about diet, disease, and health take place in a highly politicized arena, and this diet was the subject of considerable controversy. This chapter examines the period from the 1940s, when awareness of the increasing incidence of CHD began to grow, to 1985, the year the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) began its effort to sell the anti-fat, anti-cholesterol message to the nation. This campaign marked a victory for advocates of fat reduction over skeptics who continued to question the efficacy of low fat diets as a means of preventing disease.

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A Short-Term Community Study of the Epidemiology of Coronary Heart Disease

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Regional, demographic and national influences on attitudes and beliefs with regard to physical activity, body weight and health in a nationally representative sample in the European Union

Regional, demographic and national influences on attitudes and beliefs with regard to physical activity, body weight and health in a nationally representative sample in the European Union

Has the association between saturated fatty acids, serum cholesterol and coronary heart disease been over emphasized?

Dietary Policy, Controversy, and Proof: Doing Something versus Waiting for the Definitive Evidence

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