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Editorial
. 2023 Jul 21;44(28):2580-2582.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad325.

Identifying nutritional priorities for global health: time for a more PURE focus on protective foods

Dariush Mozaffarian  1
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Editorial

Identifying nutritional priorities for global health: time for a more PURE focus on protective foods

Dariush Mozaffarian. Eur Heart J. .

Abstract

Summary of findings evaluating a new PURE diet score and cardiovascular disease and mortality including nearly 250,000 people across 80 countries.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest D.M. reports, outside the submitted work, research funding from the National Institutes of Health, the Gates Foundation, The Rockefeller Foundation, Vail Innovative Global Research, and the Kaiser Permanente Fund; personal fees from Acasti Pharma and Barilla; scientific advisory board for Beren Therapeutics, Brightseed, Calibrate, Elysium Health, Filtricine, HumanCo, Instacart Health, January Inc., and Perfect Day (ended: Day Two, Discern Dx, Season Health, and Tiny Organics); equity in Calibrate and HumanCo; and chapter royalties from UpToDate.

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Summary of findings evaluating a new PURE diet score and cardiovascular disease and mortality including nearly 250,000 people across 80 countries.
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Comment on

  • Diet, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 80 countries.
    Mente A, Dehghan M, Rangarajan S, O'Donnell M, Hu W, Dagenais G, Wielgosz A, A Lear S, Wei L, Diaz R, Avezum A, Lopez-Jaramillo P, Lanas F, Swaminathan S, Kaur M, Vijayakumar K, Mohan V, Gupta R, Szuba A, Iqbal R, Yusuf R, Mohammadifard N, Khatib R, Nasir NM, Karsidag K, Rosengren A, Yusufali A, Wentzel-Viljoen E, Chifamba J, Dans A, Alhabib KF, Yeates K, Teo K, Gerstein HC, Yusuf S. Mente A, et al. Eur Heart J. 2023 Jul 21;44(28):2560-2579. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehad269. Eur Heart J. 2023. PMID: 37414411 Free PMC article.

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