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A national 10% subsidy on fruits and vegetables is the most effective single dietary policy for reducing cardiovascular disease mortality, potentially preventing approximately 150,500 deaths by 2030 in the US.
Implementing a national policy that reduces the price of fruits and vegetables by 10% is projected to save the most lives from cardiovascular disease compared to other single dietary interventions.
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Among the individual policy scenarios, a national 10% F&V subsidy was projected to be most beneficial, potentially resulting in approximately 150,500 (95% uncertainty interval [UI] 141,400–158,500) CVD deaths prevented or postponed (DPPs) by 2030 in the US.
Why this rating
Based on a modeling study using meta-analyses of observational and interventional studies, not exclusively RCTs.
Source
Reducing US cardiovascular disease burden and disparities through national and targeted dietary policies: A modelling study
Jonathan Pearson‐Stuttard et al. · PLoS Medicine · 2017
DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002311
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