Association of the 2019 Canada's food guide food choices assessment score with 10-year cardiovascular disease risk and heart age in Canadian adults.

ABSTRACT: Healthy diet plays an important role in the prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the second leading cause of death in Canada. In 2019, Health Canada released an updated Canada's Food Guide (CFG) which is accompanied with supportive evidence of Canada's Dietary Guidelines (CDG) to reflect the latest evidence of the relationship between diet and prevention of chronic diseases including CVD. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society recommends the use of the Framingham risk score (FRS) to estimate the 10-year CVD risk and heart age in individuals aged 30 and older, aiding in CVD prevention interventions such as lifestyle modifications. However, the relationship between the intake of dietary choices aligned with 2019 CFG/CDG and CVD risk among Canadians was not studied. This study ai

SUBMITTER: Hamamji S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12543163 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature