Talk:Ancel Keys
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I am not a nutritionist, but do have an interest in this field and believe that the Seven Countries study of Ancel Keys has being much criticised. Should this piece on Ancel Keys mention criticisms of the Seven Countries Study? If expert nutritionists wish to challenge me here, I shall bow to their superior knowledge. Yours, Cardamom
the following paper is the cohort study including CVD mortality. Keys's study may not be the first, strictly speaking.
DOLL R, HILL AB. Lung cancer and other causes of death in relation to smoking; a second report on the mortality of British doctors. Br Med J. 1956 Nov 10;12(5001):1071-81
This is reprinted in BMJ, 328 (7455): 1529. (2004)
The problem with epidemiological studies is that they can only show an association, but not prove cause and effect. Ancel Keys was a nutritionist and associated the incidence of CVD with diet. There is a much closer correlation of the incidence of CVD with geographic latitude, and thus ambient temperature. If this is the right answer then fifty years have been wasted promoting dietary change in populations to little effect. The incidence of CVD is now falling, but this is possibly mainly resulting from global warming. Warrenward 22:18, 22 December 2006 (UTC)warrenward
