Alarmingly High Cardiovascular Risk Factors Found in Mediterranean People
Date: 12.4.2011
A Spanish study has challenged the long-held belief that people in the Mediterranean all enjoy more healthy diets and lifestyles, after discovering alarmingly high cardiovascular risk factors similar to those found in the UK and USA.
Research published in the January issue of IJCP, the International Journal of Clinical Practice, also found strong links between low levels of education and increased risk.
"The myth that the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle is so healthy is based on 40-year old data from rural areas and so much has changed during those four decades. Studies like this are invaluable because they identify those people most at risk and provide valuable information that helps us to improve both screening and prevention strategies."
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R. Gomez-Huelgas, J. Mancera-Romero, M. R. Bernal-Lopez, S. Jansen-Chaparro, A. J. Baca-Osorio, E. Toledo, R. Perez-Gonzalez, R. Guijarro-Merino, F. J. Tinahones, M. A. Martinez-Gonzalez. Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in an urban adult population from southern Spain. IMAP Study. International Journal of Clinical Practice, 2011; 65 (1): 35 DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-1241.2010.02543.x
