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social science subjects > health and social care > lifestyle medicine and health > food and nutrition > Mediterranean diet
social science subjects > health and social care > lifestyle medicine and health > obesity and weight management > Mediterranean diet

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Mediterranean diet  

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  • The pioneering work of Ancel Keys and colleagues' famed Seven Countries Study established a strong ecological correlation between serum cholesterol level and mortality from coronary heart disease (CHD) in 16 cohorts of participants from 7 countries. Keys's concept that the blood cholesterol level and, consequently, risk of CHD were greatly influenced by what was served at mealtimes was such a radical idea at the time that it landed him on the cover of Time magazine on January 13, 1961. [Source: Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine & Health; Mediterranean Diet]

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