An AP story covered resulsts of a "landmark Nurses' Health Study,
conducted at the Harvard
School of Public Health. (The data) were presented in Atlanta at a
meeting of the American Heart Association."
The study was based on the positive lifestyle recommendations we have
heard for years. Rather than infer that women will become healthier and
longer-lived by altering their bad habits, the study examined women
based on their *good* health habits.
They defined a heart-healthy lifestyle as following these rules or habits:
Don't smoke.
Avoid being overweight (maintaining a body mass index of 25 or less).
Average at least 30 min. of moderate to vigorous exercise daily.
Drink in moderation (equivalent to about 1/2 a drink daily).
Eat healthy food (avoid saturated fats; include larger amounts of fish
oil, folate, fiber, veg. oils and whole-grain products.
The study followed 84,129 (yes, eighty-four thousand!) nurses who were
between the ages of 34 and 59 when the study began in 1980. The study
included 14 years of followup.
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The study was based on the positive lifestyle recommendations we have
heard for years. Rather than infer that women will become healthier and
longer-lived by altering their bad habits, the study examined women
based on their *good* health habits.
