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Diet quality has a significant effect on NCDs, particularly cardiovascular diseases, independent of body weight or obesity.
Improving diet quality should be a focus for reducing cardiovascular disease risk.
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Diet quality has an enormous effect on NCDs, in particular, cardiovascular diseases, independent of body weight or obesity.
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Effectiveness of Dietary Policies to Reduce Noncommunicable Diseases
Ashkan Afshin et al. · Europe PMC (PubMed Central) · 2017
DOI 10.1596/978-1-4648-0518-9/ch6
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