A Clinical Trial of the Effects of Dietary Patterns on Blood Pressure

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Authors

Lawrence J. Appel · Johns Hopkins University

Thomas J. Moore

Eva Obarzanek

William M. Vollmer

Laura P. Svetkey

Frank M. Sacks · Harvard University

George A. Bray · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Thomas Vogt

Jeffrey A. Cutler

MARLENE M WINDHAUSER

Abstract

A diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy foods and with reduced saturated and total fat can substantially lower blood pressure. This diet offers an additional nutritional approach to preventing and treating hypertension.

Topics & Keywords

Sodium Intake and Health Nutritional Studies and Diet Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 336, Issue 16, pp. 1117-1124

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199704173361601

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