Month: November 2014

An overall healthy lifestyle may prevent more than 80% of coronary artery disease (1) and 50% of ischemic strokes. (2) Yet most lifestyle behaviors aren’t included in existing prediction tools. The Healthy Heart Score was created by a team from the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health to fill this gap. It … Continue reading “Healthy Heart Score uses lifestyle behaviors to estimate cardiovascular disease risk”

Coverage from Harvard Gazette, featuring the Department of Nutrition

Swapping saturated fat and carbohydrates for linoleic acid – the main polyunsaturated fat found in vegetable oil, nuts, and seeds – lowers risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study by Harvard School of Public Health researchers. We talked to lead author Maryam Farvid, a visiting scientist and Takemi fellow in the Department … Continue reading “Dietary linoleic acid and risk of coronary heart disease”