After just a few sentences, I am going to link you to a newsletter that I received from WebMD. The newsletter gives an over view of research that was presented at a recent American Heart Association conference.
It appears that scientists conducted some type of survey research, but from the newsletter I do not know if this was on line, in person, through the mail or by telephone. I only have this statement:
"21,000 adults aged 45 and older completed a questionnaire containing 110 food items"
In the article, the reporter suggests that there is strong evidence that links gender, race, age and region to certain dietary styles. The research itself is not available - it has not been published, so it is hard to know what they consider strong evidence and whether or not I would also consider it strong.
We really need to know about the design of the study and who those 21,000 people were before judging or applying the evidence. So that stated - get your grain of salt and read about the 5 most common dietary styles here.
I do not have a source to cite for these comments or ideas but I heard them on a morning news show on my local NPR station. They regarded breast cancer funding.
The Susan G Koman "for the cure", a behemoth in breast cancer research, has, through its funding, generated improvements in treatment of breast cancer. There has been an increase in earlier detection and a decrease in mortality, as well.
Today, however, it was noted that the organization has not put its might behind prevention efforts and that it may be time for this shift. Certainly, it is my preference to prevent disease rather than treat it or help people to live with it.
The speaker then suggested that this shift to prevention - reducing the risk that is associated with lifestyle factors - will require the foundation/organization to reconsider some of its relationships and sponsors. The one relationship mentioned today was KFC - the fast food fried chicken restaurant - implying of course, that eating the food that is sold by this sponsor is one of the factors that can increase the risk for breast cancer.
