Diet and Health: What Should We Eat?
Abstract
Many recent studies have implicated dietary factors in the cause and prevention of important diseases, including cancer, coronary heart disease, birth defects, and cataracts. There is strong evidence that vegetables and fruits protect against these diseases; however, the active constituents are incompletely identified. Whether fat per se is a major cause of disease is a question still under debate, although saturated and partially hydrogenated fats probably increase the risk of coronary heart disease. One clear conclusion from existing epidemiologic evidence is that many individuals in the United States have suboptimal diets and that the potential for disease prevention by improved nutrition is substantial.
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In Japan, the traditional diet is very healthy.
“In Japan, the traditional diet is very healthy (Willett, 1994), and the country has increasingly focused on maintaining and promoting healthy eating amid rising concerns about the Western dietary influences.”
From Culture and Healthy Eating: The Role of Independence and Interdependence in the United States and Japan (2016) · cites this paper as Willett, 1994
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- Authors
- Willett, W. C.
- Affiliations
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Corresponding author
- Willett, Walter C.
- ORCID
- Willett, Walter C.
- Venue
- Science
- Published
- 1994-04-22
- Volume
- 264
- Issue
- 5158
- Pages
- 532-537
- ISSN
- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
- OpenAlex
- W1980834707
- Cited by
- 1,008
- References
- 120
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- FWCI
- 14.79
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Science (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutritional Studies and Diet
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Nutrition, Health, and Society Studies
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Nutrition and Health Studies
- Keywords
- diet and disease, cancer prevention, coronary artery disease, congenital malformations, cataract, dietary fat, saturated fat, partially hydrogenated fats, fruits and vegetables, disease prevention, nutrition
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Coronary Disease, Dairy Products, Diet, Dietary Carbohydrates, Dietary Fats, Dietary Proteins, Female, Fruit, Humans, Male, Neoplasms, Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Preventive Medicine, United States, Vegetables
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