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Département de Médecine Interne et Gérontologie Clinique,
INSERM U 558, C.H.U. Purpan-Casselardit, 31300 Toulouse, France
The main objective of The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging is
to promote scientific knowledge in the field of nutrition and aging. The
clinical manifestations of ageing associated with cardiovascular disease
are an important cause of worldwide morbidity and mortality. Their relationship
with nutrition and dietary manipulation will be discussed in detail in
this issue.
The primary risk factor for cardiovascular disease is age. Cardiovascular
disease in the elderly may result in various physical and psychological
sequels and these causing cognitive decline may have overlapping risk
factors with Alzheimer's disease. At the same time, the treatment of these
diseases themselves and their associated handicaps constitute huge financial
and health care problems.
The effect of diet on cardiovascular disease has been extensively studied
in the past, but it is only recently that nutrition has been considered
as a viable treatment option. Results of such studies have not been widely
disseminated. We have therefore decided to dedicate the current issue
of JNHA to "Diet and Cardiovascular Disease". We have invited
contributions from respected investigators in this field and by their
publication have hoped to bring together a comprehensive overview of the
research so far. This we hope will reach as large an audience as possible
by its inclusion in the delegate pack at the Congress of the International
Union of Nutritional Sciences IUNS in Vienna, August 2001.
In the words of Hippocrates "nutrition should be your Medicine",
and here we have hoped to highlight the current theories relating to nutrition
and its place in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease
in the future.
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