Role of nutrition and healthy lifestyle, for individuals in primary prevention: recent data, gaps in evidence and future directions
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Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Italy
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Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Prevention center ELLASANTE, France
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Hypertension and Cardiovascular Risk Research Center, Medical and Surgical Sciences Department, Alma Mater Studiorum University of Bologna, Italy
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Delta Clinic, Argentina
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Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier régional universitaire et faculté de médecine de Tours, France
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Department of Medical-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Mediterranea Cardiocentro, Italy
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Heart Institute, 47-83 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, ACTION Study Group-CHU Pitié-Salpétrière, France
Submission date: 2024-01-27
Final revision date: 2024-04-11
Acceptance date: 2024-04-23
Online publication date: 2024-04-30
Corresponding author
Marco Bernardi
Department of Clinical, Internal Medicine, Anesthesiology and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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All recent guidelines on cardiovascular prevention have highlighted the role of healthy diet and lifestyle advocating holistic approach to reduce cardiovascular burden among population. Despite these efforts, registries have reported that only a minority of healthcare professionals provide advice on diet and lifestyle, and, in most cases, counseling is suboptimal for several reasons. Cardiovascular benefits linked to lifestyle and nutrition seem to be underestimated by many patients and doctors.
This overview aims to summarize well-established benefits related to lifestyle and nutrition, discuss the current debates in this field in order to improve awareness among the medical community and to promote a better implementation of non-pharmaceutical measures to prevent the occurrence of atherothrombotic events.