[HTML][HTML] A review of dietary surveys in the adult South African population from 2000 to 2015

ZJ Mchiza, NP Steyn, J Hill, A Kruger, H Schönfeldt… - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
One serious concern of health policymakers in South Africa is the fact that there is no
national data on the dietary intake of adult South Africans. The only national dietary study …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

M Dehghan, A Mente, X Zhang, S Swaminathan, W Li… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The relationship between macronutrients and cardiovascular disease and
mortality is controversial. Most available data are from European and North American …

[HTML][HTML] Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

V Miller, A Mente, M Dehghan, S Rangarajan, X Zhang… - The Lancet, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The association between intake of fruits, vegetables, and legumes with
cardiovascular disease and deaths has been investigated extensively in Europe, the USA …

Food and nutrition labelling: the past, present and the way forward

N Koen, R Blaauw, E Wentzel-Viljoen - South African Journal of Clinical …, 2016 - ajol.info
Current global mortality from noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) remains unacceptably
high and is increasing. A major reduction in the burden of NCDs should come from …

Association of dairy intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

M Dehghan, A Mente, S Rangarajan, P Sheridan… - The Lancet, 2018 - thelancet.com
Background Dietary guidelines recommend minimising consumption of whole-fat dairy
products, as they are a source of saturated fats and presumed to adversely affect blood …

Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study

A Mente, M Dehghan, S Rangarajan… - The lancet Diabetes & …, 2017 - thelancet.com
Background The relation between dietary nutrients and cardiovascular disease risk markers
in many regions worldwide is unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of dietary …

White rice intake and incident diabetes: a study of 132,373 participants in 21 countries

B Bhavadharini, V Mohan, M Dehghan… - Diabetes …, 2020 - Am Diabetes Assoc
OBJECTIVE Previous prospective studies on the association of white rice intake with
incident diabetes have shown contradictory results but were conducted in single countries …

Associations of fish consumption with risk of cardiovascular disease and mortality among individuals with or without vascular disease from 58 countries

D Mohan, A Mente, M Dehghan… - JAMA internal …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Cohort studies report inconsistent associations between fish consumption, a
major source of long-chain ω-3 fatty acids, and risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and …

[HTML][HTML] Added sugar intake in South Africa: findings from the Adult Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology cohort study

HH Vorster, A Kruger, E Wentzel-Viljoen… - The American journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Background: Obesity and other noncommunicable disease (NCD) risk factors are increasing
in low-and middle-income countries. There are few data on the association between …

Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in Black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study

AE Schutte, R Schutte, HW Huisman… - International journal …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background Longitudinal cohort studies in sub-Saharan Africa are urgently needed to
understand cardiovascular disease development. We, therefore, explored health behaviours …