Communicating Diet and Activity Research

The DASH Diet and Diet Costs Among Ethnic and Racial Groups in the United States

JAMA International Medicine 2013

Drewnowski A, Monsivais P, and Rehm CD

URL : http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1733451

Abstract

JAMA Intern Med. Published online September 02, 2013. doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.9479

Article

The Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet is perhaps the best example of how a nutrient-dense dietary pattern can prevent chronic disease. In randomized trials, DASH dietary patterns lowered blood pressure in hypertensive individuals. Subsequent trials and observational studies have consistently found that DASH-type diets reduced cardiovascular and metabolic risk.

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