Author/Editor     Turk, Josip
Title     Prehrana v strategiji proti boleznim srca in ožilja
Translated title     The role of nutrition in the strategy of cardiovascular disease prevention
Type     članek
Source     In: Raspor P, Pitako D, Hočevar I, editors. Tehnologija - hrana - zdravje. Knjiga del 1. slovenski kongres o hrani in prehrani z mednarodno udeležbo. Vol 1. Vol 2; 1996 apr 21-25; Bled. Ljubljana: Društvo živilskih in prehranskih strokovnih delavcev Slovenije,
Publication year     1997
Volume     str. 795-8
Language     slo
Abstract     Risk factors for premature atherosclerosis which are potentially dependent on our lifestyle include smoking, elevated cholesterol levels, obesity, lack of exercise, hypertension and diabetes. With the exception of smoking, all factors are more or less closely connected with our diet. Learning of good eating habits should begin at the age of 3 years: in the family, later on in the kindergartens and primary schools. Doctors and teachers are called upon to acquaint people of all ages with healthy dietary patterns which can protect them against the development of early atherosclerosis and other degenerative illness, including cancer. Children should be encouraged to choose brown bread rather than white, and to eat plenty of cereals and legumes. Their dily diet should include apples and other fresh and dried fruits, a lot of vegetables, preferrably raw and not overcooked and food low in fat. Fish should become a wholesome substitute for meat in every diet. Sweets should be largely replaced by fruits. The amount of table salt and sugar consumed mainly depends on the nutrition awareness in the family. Four to five meals a day are recommended. The importance of normal body weight, i.e. of maintaining appropriate calorie balance, should be stressed since early childhood. Regular physical activity remains the most important means to acheive this aim. The Mark of Health-Protectinh Food, introduced by the Slovene Heart Foundation, is awarded to all food products low in fat, sugar and salt, and rich in dietary fibre. All people eat, yet not all of them are smokers. This fact stresses the role of healthy nutrition in our strategy of disease prevention. New attitudes to eating, however, are not always positive: there is also a trend to consume fast food, cholesterol-high sea mollusca, sweet non-alcoholic beverages and canned food with high fat and sodium content. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters.)
Descriptors     NUTRITION
ATHEROSCLEROSIS
HEALTH FOOD
FOOD HABITS
HEALTH PROMOTION