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The Seven Countries Study - The first epidemiological nutrition study, since 1958
What is the Seven Countries Study?
The Seven Countries Study (SCS for short) is the first major study to investigate diet and lifestyle along with other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, across...
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Publications of the Seven Countries Study
Publications
Publication of the aims, methods, findings, and interpretation of the Seven Countries Study include 10 books or monographs and some 550 peer-reviewed articles organized, as follows, into ...
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The Seven Countries Study - Study findings
Study Findings
Conclusions of the research in the Seven Countries
With hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, the Seven Countries Study generated an incredible amount of information. We’ve selected 8...
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The Seven Countries Study - The FINE study
The FINE study
In the second phase of the Seven Countries Study, which started in 1984, not only was information collected about cardiovascular risk factors but also on the physical, mental and social...
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The Seven Countries Study - Country trends
Country trends
The focus of the Seven Countries Study was on population differences in risk factors, CHD risk and rates, first among cohorts and then within. The long-term follow-up provided informati...
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About the Seven Countries Study
About the study
The origin and its developments
Blackburn-Keys Collection, University of Minnesota
The Seven Countries Study was conceived by Ancel Keys, a Minnesota physiologist, who in the mid-20t...