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Guidelines

NEWS:

AHA Dietary and Lifestyle Recommendations Revised "The previous recommendations stressed a healthy dietary pattern; the new ones broaden that concept to include the importance of a healthy lifestyle pattern, lead author and chair of the AHA's Nutrition Committee Alice Lichtenstein, DSc, from Tufts University in Boston, Mass, said in a news release. "The two go together — they should be inseparable." The revised guidelines update those issued in 2000, and they are directed at healthy Americans age 2 years and older. New recommendations are further reducing dietary saturated and trans fatty acids; minimizing consumption of food and beverages with added sugars; emphasizing physical activity and weight control; eating a diet rich in vegetables, fruits, and whole-grain foods; avoiding use of and exposure to tobacco products; and achieving and maintaining healthy cholesterol, blood pressure, and blood glucose levels. "The key message of the recommendations is to focus on long-term, permanent changes in how we eat and live," Dr. Lichtenstein says. "The best way to lower cardiovascular risk is to combine physical activity with heart-healthy eating habits, coupled with weight control and avoiding tobacco products." Although the AHA panel continues to emphasize achieving and maintaining a healthy body weight, there is now more emphasis on balancing the number of calories consumed with the number of calories burned. In addition, the revised guidelines emphasize food preparation methods that avoid adding saturated fat, sugar, or salt and portion size control."

ARTICLES:

NGC - Evidence-based guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in women: 2007 update. (2007)

NGC - Exercise testing in asymptomatic adults: a statement for professionals From the American Heart Association Council on Clinical Cardiology, Subcommittee on Exercise, Cardiac Rehabilitation, and Prevention. (2005)

NGC - Statins for the prevention of cardiovascular events. (2006)

SIGN - Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease (2007)

JOURNAL ARTICLES:

Evidence-Based Guidelines for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Women: 2007 Update (Circulation 2007)

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