Robert M. Russell, M.D., and Alice H. Lichtenstein, D. Sc.
Alice H. Lichtenstein, D. Sc., is an Associate Professor of Nutrition in the School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts, an Associate Professor of Family Medicine, Community Health at Tufts University School of Medicine and a Scientist I at the Jean Mayer Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts. Dr. Lichtenstein is on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nutrition and Atherosclerosis. Dr. Lichtenstein reports no commercial conflict of interest. In the last three years, Dr. Russell has received grant/research support from BASF and Roche Vitamins. Dr. Russell has also served as a consultant for Whitehall Robbins-Quaker.
This activity is made possible by an unrestricted educational grant from the Novartis Foundation for Gerontology.
Release Date: 08/08/1997
Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:
Evaluate positive and negative risk factors in a patient
Provide the parameters for a Step 1 and Step 2 diet
Enumerate the appropriate course of action for a patient within each category of blood total and HDL cholesterol levels.
