Ultraprocessed Foods and Cardiometabolic Health—New Report on a “Growing Public Health Challenge”

A review of what we know about ultra-processed foods and their impact on health outcomes including a link to a categorized list of food based upon the degree of processing. James W. Mold, MD, MPH

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This Medical News article discusses a new American Heart Association science advisory on ultraprocessed foods, cardiometabolic health, and policy recommendations for improving dietary patterns.

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Samantha Anderer

2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task F

Jeffrey Wilson — Thu, 18 Oct 2018 17:20:35 +0000

Date Added:

November 1, 2018

Journal/Publication:

Hypertension

Publisher:

American Heart Association

Publication Date:

November 13, 2017

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Volume:

Pages:

1269-1324

URL:

2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task F

Type:

Meta-analyses, Reviews, and Guidelines

Format:

Article

DOI (1):

10.1161/HYP.0000000000000066

Keywords

hypertension

PMID (1):

29133354

MeSH

american heart association

hypertension

This is a newly developed/released guideline on management of hypertension from the American College of Cardiology. Notice that the ACP and AAFP were not represented.

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Preamble

Since 1980, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) have translated scientific evidence into clinical practice guidelines (guidelines) with recommendations to improve cardiovascular health. In 2013, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Advisory Council recommended that the NHLBI focus specifically on reviewing the highest-quality evidence and partner with other organizations to develop recommendations.P-1,P-2 Accordingly, the ACC and AHA collaborated with the NHLBI and stakeholder and professional organizations to complete and publish 4 guidelines (on assessment of cardiovascular risk, lifestyle modifications to reduce cardiovascular risk, management of blood cholesterol in adults, and management of overweight and obesity in adults) to make them available to the widest possible constituency. In 2014, the ACC and AHA, in partnership with several other professional societies, initiated a guideline on the prevention, detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure (BP) in adults. Under the management of the ACC/ AHA Task Force, a Prevention Subcommittee was appointed to help guide development of the suite of guidelines on prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD). These guidelines, which are based on systematic methods to evaluate and classify evidence, provide a cornerstone for quality cardiovascular care. The ACC and AHA sponsor the development and publication of guidelines without commercial support, and members of each organization volunteer their time to the writing and review efforts. Guidelines are official policy of the ACC and AHA.

Author/s:

Whelton, Paul K., Aronow, Wilbert S., Casey, Donald E., Jr., Collins, Karen J., Himmelfarb, Charyl Dennison, DePalma, Sondra M., Gidding, Samuel, Jamerson, Kenneth A., Jones, Daniel W., MacLaughlin, Eric J., Muntner, Paul, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Smith, Sidney C., Jr., Spencer, Crystal C., Stafford, Randall S., Taler, Sandra J., Thomas, Randal J., Williams, Kim A., Williamson, Jeff D., Wright, Jackson T., Jr.