Podcast: Breakfast and heart disease risk
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Eric Rimm
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Eric Rimm
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Walter Willett
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Qi Sun and Frank Hu
Coverage from USA Today, featuring HSPH’s Walter Willet
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”
Thinfluence, by Walter Willett is a research-based examination of the external forces that influence diet and weight. Willett argues that personal relationships, workplace environment and the media contribute to an individual’s ability to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Coverage from Cancer Today, featuring Walter Willett
Coverage from HSPH News, featuring Maryam Farvid