title: What are patients actually eating: the dietary practices of cardiovascular disease patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine dietary quality for patients after a coronary heart disease (CHD) event using a selective review.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Poor dietary quality is a risk for patients before and after CHD events. Although cardiac rehabilitation programs often contain a nutrition education component and are advised for many patients, few patients attend cardiac rehabilitation. The American population experiences many difficulties with adherence to a higher-quality diet. A diet high in dietary quality is important in reducing risk of recurrent disease, yet few patients who have faced life-threatening cardiac events are adherent to such dietary recommendations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A review of the literature indicates the need for postevent dietary evaluation and effective nutrition counseling with ongoing follow-up. In addition, we need to demonstrate the effectiveness of such approaches.
authors.affiliation: Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA. Yunsheng.Ma@umassmed.edu
authors.forename: Yunsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Barbara C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Olendzki
authors.forename: Sherry L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Pagoto
authors.forename: Philip A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Merriam
authors.forename: Ira S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Ockene
mesh_terms: D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors