Dr. Williams, President of the American College of Cardiology, - TopicsExpress



          

Dr. Williams, President of the American College of Cardiology, sees increased awareness that a typical American diet can lead to a surgical suite and an intensifying interest in avoiding that fate. But few people have his aversion to food-borne health risks or commitment to immediate diet modification. Tradition and temptation remain huge obstacles. “Our culture defines good food or healthy food in a certain way that has led very much to the epidemic of heart disease. We have to redefine marketing in a more healthy way,” Williams says. “We have to find other mechanisms in life to provide comfort rather than calories. Until we make those changes, we’re going to have one epidemic after another—obesity, diabetes, …”
Posted on: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 02:03:21 +0000

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