Recent Trends in Cardiovascular Disease and Risk Factors in the Seven Countries Study: Japan

Rapid socioeconomic developments in Japan since the beginning of the Seven Countries Study in 1958 have brought remarkable changes in lifestyles and dietary patterns. Time trends in nutrient intake, risk factors, and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity have been monitored in men aged 40–64 in a Japanese cohort of the Seven Countries Study, in Tanushimaru, a typical farming town on Kyushu Island.