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Putting the Low-Fat Diet Into Practice
Gail Underbakke, RD, MS;
Patrick McBride, MD, MPH
Arch Fam Med. 1993;2(7):711-713.
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AMERICANS HAVE been advised to reduce their fat intake to reduce their risk of heart disease, cancer, obesity, high blood pressure, diabetes mellitus, and gallbladder disease.1 Primary care providers play a crucial role in assisting their patients with the adoption of lowfat eating habits. In this issue of the ARCHIVES, Bae et al2 examine potential problems with implementation of a lowfat diet in subjects with hypercholesterolemia. Research on the effective use of a low-fat diet is vital because of the major role that the control of dietary fat plays in disease prevention and health promotion recommendations. This study also is helpful because it examines the use of a lowfat diet in men and women and in older and younger adults.
Bae et al examined the efficacy of the National Cholesterol Education Program and the American Heart Association Step-One Diet, which is recommended for patients with a serum
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Author Affiliations
University of Wisconsin-Madison Medical School
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