How the Ideology of Low Fat Conquered America

This article examines how faith in science led physicians and patients to embrace the low-fat diet for heart disease prevention and weight loss. Scientific studies dating from the late 1940s showed a correlation between high-fat diets and high-cholesterol levels, suggesting that a low-fat diet might...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences 2008-04, Vol.63 (2), p.139-177
1. Verfasser:	LA BERGE, ANN F.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biology Calories Cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular Diseases - prevention & control Cholesterol Cholesterols Diet Diet, Carbohydrate-Restricted Diet, Fat-Restricted diet-heart hypothesis Dietary Fats fat and fats Fat restricted diets Food Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion Heart diseases History of medicine History of science and technology History, 20th Century History, 21st Century Humans Hygiene hospitals Life sciences Low carbohydrate diets Low fat foods low-fat diet Medicine surgery pharmacy Obesity Obesity - prevention & control Oils & fats Overweight Patients Physicians popular health Public health Risk Factors Science United States Weight control Weight Loss
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