Nutrition Through The Life Cycle
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Author: Brown, Judith E.
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Chapter 19, Problem 7RQ
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To examine: Whether the statement “Eating a Mediterranean-style diet is associated with
lower CVD mortality in older adults” is true or false.
Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a large class of diseases that include heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, and stroke which rises with the increasing age. Mediterranean style diet refers to heart healthy diet that includes food staples of an individual who lives around the mediterranean sea region.
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