Lessons for Science from the Seven Countries Study

Three generations of Seven Countries investigators gathered in Fukuoka, Japan on October 30th 1993 to report on the past, present, and future of this vital ongoing study on cardiovascular disease epidemiology. The occasion was the 35th anniversary of the study, which contrasts lifestyles, diet and cardiovascular disease rates in Japan, Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland and the United States. This volume collects the formal presentations at the 35th anniversary symposium. It begins with a brief overview and history of the study, followed by the investigators' summaries of their findings on recent dramatic increases and decreases in risk factors and disease rates.