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IJE Advance Access originally published online on February 28, 2006
International Journal of Epidemiology 2006 35(2):415-417; doi:10.1093/ije/dyl030
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Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Epidemiological Association © The Author 2006; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: What is the best way to promote healthy eating?

Eric Brunner

Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, 1-19 Torrington Place, London WC1E 6BT, UK.

E-mail: e.brunner@ucl.ac.uk

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Recent findings from two pan-European cohorts of older participants are consistent with the view that dietary patterns have a profound effect on mortality risk, even in the eighth decade of life.1,2 Leaving aside residual doubts about the size of the protective effects of a healthy diet,3 there is a long-standing question about how best the epidemiological evidence can be converted into dietary change in the population as a whole. Policy options range from market laissez-faire and choice to some controls on food availability and advertising, witness the current campaign on school food provision in the UK and concerns about the global epidemic of obesity.4

The effect of dietary advice given to healthy adults is an important dimension of the evidence in the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   Dietary advice to healthy people
 

   Evaluating complex behavioural interventions
 

   Agents of dietary change
 

   Conclusion
 

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