Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

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Authors

Frank B. Hu · Harvard University

Meir J. Stampfer · Harvard University

JoAnn E. Manson · Harvard University

Eric B. Rimm · Brigham and Women's Hospital

Graham A. Colditz · Harvard University

Bernard Rosner · Harvard University

Charles H. Hennekens ·

Abstract

Our findings suggest that replacing saturated and trans unsaturated fats with unhydrogenated monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats is more effective in preventing coronary heart disease in women than reducing overall fat intake.

Topics & Keywords

Nutritional Studies and Diet Fatty Acid Research and Health Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 337, Issue 21, pp. 1491-1499

DOI: 10.1056/nejm199711203372102

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