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An omission in guidelines. Cardiovascular disease prevention should also focus on dietary policies for healthcare
Daan L de Frel1, Willem J J Assendelft2, Sara Hondmann1
1Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Abstract:
Suboptimal diet is a major modifiable risk factor in cardiovascular disease. Governments, individuals, educational institutes, healthcare facilities and the industry all share the responsibility to improve dietary habits. Healthcare facilities in particular present a unique opportunity to convey the importance of healthy nutrition to patients, visitors and staff. Guidelines on cardiovascular disease do include policy suggestions for population-based approaches to diet in a broad list of settings. Regrettably, healthcare facilities are not explicitly included in this list. The authors propose to explicitly include healthcare facilities as a setting for policy suggestions in the current and future ESC Guidelines for cardiovascular disease prevention in clinical practice.
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