Dietary fat and cardiometabolic health: evidence, controversies, and consensus for guidance

Nita G Forouhi; Ronald M Krauss; Gary Taubes; Walter Willett

doi:10.1136/bmj.k2139

Dietary fat and cardiometabolic health: evidence, controversies, and consensus for guidance

BMJ. 2018 Jun 13:361:k2139. doi: 10.1136/bmj.k2139.

Authors

Nita G Forouhi¹, Ronald M Krauss², Gary Taubes³, Walter Willett⁴

Affiliations

¹ MRC Epidemiology Unit, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK nita.forouhi@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk.
² Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute and University of California, San Francisco, USA.
³ Nutrition Science Initiative, San Diego, California, USA.
⁴ Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard T H Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, USA.

Abstract

Although difficulties in nutrition research and formulating guidelines fuel ongoing debate, the complexities of dietary fats and overall diet are becoming better understood, argue Nita G Forouhi and colleagues

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Cardiovascular Diseases / prevention & control*
Consensus
Diet, Healthy
Dietary Fats / adverse effects
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated
Guidelines as Topic
Humans
Metabolic Diseases / prevention & control*
Nutrition Policy*
Nutrition Surveys
Primary Prevention*
Risk Factors

Substances

Dietary Fats
Dietary Fats, Unsaturated

Grants and funding

MC_UU_12015/5/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom