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Editorial
. 2011 Sep 14:343:d5747.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.d5747.

United Nations' dietary policies to prevent cardiovascular disease

Dariush Mozaffarian, Simon Capewell
Editorial

United Nations' dietary policies to prevent cardiovascular disease

Dariush Mozaffarian et al. BMJ. .

Abstract

Modest diet changes could halve the global burden

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf (available on request from the corresponding author) and declare: support from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health (RC2-HL-101816), the UK Medical Research Council, and the European Union for the submitted work; travel reimbursement, honorariums, or consulting fees to DM from Aramark, Unilever, SPRIM, Nutrition Impact, and FoodMinds for topics related to diet and cardiovascular health; royalties to DM from UpToDate for an online chapter on fish oil; and no other relationships or activities that could appear to have influenced the submitted work.

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