[Primary prevention: nutrition and body weight].
Increased body weight is one of the most important cardiovascular risk factors. Increased body weight is often associated with high blood pressure, dyslipidemia and also impaired glucose tolerance; therefore, the control of the body weight is of crucial importance in primary prevention. The substrate balance of the different energy substrates are regulated very differently, so that in a healthy person body weight can increase only in the case of an excess ingestion of dietary fat, but not in case of an excess of carbohydrates and/or proteins. Avoiding the ingestion of fat is the major dietary strategy for the control of body weight. Eating a low-fat/high-carbohydrate diet will stabilize the body weight and in the case of overweight lead to a slow but constant decline in body weight. A low-fat diet is also the major dietary strategy for the control of dyslipidemias. A low-fat diet is characterized by a low energy density and a high nonenergy nutrient density. The increased intake of vitamins, especially antioxidative vitamins, is an additional advantageous mean for primary prevention of free-radical damage.
Departement für Innere Medizin, Medizinische Poliklinik, Universitätsspital Zürich.
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D000975:Antioxidants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001835:Body Weight; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006949:Hyperlipidemias / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors
D000975:Antioxidants; D004041:Dietary Fats
Primärprävention: Ernährung und Körpergewicht.