Coronary heart disease - Rod Jackson
Date Published:
Monday, July 3, 2017
Duration:
19:14
Rod Jackson talks about “where have all the heart attacks gone”. Rod is a professor of epidemiology in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
Topics:
- Current coronary heart disease trends in New Zealand
- Contributing factors for trends (coronary death rates down but obesity levels up)
- Confusion around fads, such as 'high fat, low carbs is good'
- Risk factors for coronary heart disease
- Why the main driver for lower death rate trend is diet.
Take home messages
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Resources
- Regional health pathways
- Nutrition for cardiovascular disease (podcast)
- Nutrition and weight loss (podcast)
Presenter
Prof. Rod Jackson
Epidemiologist
To contact Rod Click here.
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