Title
An omission in guidelines: cardiovascular disease prevention should also focus on dietary policies for healthcare facilities
Author
de Frel, D.L.
Assendelft, W.J.J.
Hondmann, S.
Janssen, V.R.
Molema, J.J.W.
Trines, S.A.
de Vries, I.A.C.
Schalij, M.J.
Atsma, D.E.
Publication year
2022
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.
Subject
Behaviour
Diet
Guidelines
Lifestyle medicine
Policy making
Prevention
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2022.11.010
TNO identifier
980123
Source
Clinical Nutrition, 42 (42), 81-21
Document type
article