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Setting the record straight: It’s best to swap out saturated fats for healthier fats
June 15, 2017 – In a new advisory, the American Heart Association (AHA) concluded strongly that replacing saturated fats with unsaturated fats will lower the incidence of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Frank Sacks of Harvard T.H. Chan School of…
Eating chocolate may decrease risk of irregular heartbeat
For immediate release: May 23, 2017 Boston, MA – Consuming moderate amounts of chocolate was associated with significantly lower risk of being diagnosed with atrial fibrillation (AF)—a common and dangerous type of irregular heartbeat—in a large study of…
Restaurants lag in efforts to improve health of children’s menus
Despite promises by restaurants to make children’s menus healthier, an analysis of the nutritional content of more than 4,000 kids’ menu items from across the U.S. has found not much has changed, according to a study by a…
Healthy fats key to good diet
Eating butter occasionally is okay, but there are healthier fats that are better options for maintaining long-term health, according to nutrition expert Walter Willett. Willett, Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School…
New tools developed to help clinicians predict risk of cardiovascular disease
Risk prediction models for 182 nations will help pinpoint those most at risk, even in resource-poor settings For immediate release: Monday, January 23, 2017 Boston, MA – A new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public…
Nutritional quality of kids' menus not improving
For immediate release: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 Boston, MA – U.S. chain restaurants participating in a National Restaurant Association initiative to improve the nutritional quality of their children’s menus have made no significant changes compared with restaurants not participating…
Consuming high amounts of saturated fats linked to increased heart disease risk
Boston, MA – Consuming high amounts of four major saturated fatty acids—found in red meat, dairy fat, butter, lard, and palm oil—may increase risk of coronary heart disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Harvard…
Forty years of low-fat diets: a ‘failed experiment’
Recent research suggests that eating a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet—which Americans were advised to do for about 40 years—is not a good idea. But Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health nutrition expert David Ludwig says that the low-fat diet…
Higher consumption of unsaturated fats linked with lower mortality
For immediate release: July 5, 2016 Boston, MA – Consuming higher amounts of unsaturated fats was associated with lower mortality, according to a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In a large study population followed…
Papers on fat in the diet recognized for impact
Two papers on the effect of fat in the diet, involving researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, have been named to the top 10 list of the most impactful publications in 2015 by the American…