May 21, 2007 (Chicago, IL) - New research presented this week has shown that fewer and fewer people with hypertension are following the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, a diet that is part of the lifestyle changes recommended for all hypertensive patients in the national guidelines.
Presenting these discouraging findings here at the American Society of Hypertension 2007 Scientific Sessions, lead investigator Dr Phillip Mellen (Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC) said the dietary quality of hypertensive adults has deteriorated since the DASH diet became incorporated in the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC) guidelines, and there are significant differences in accordance rates by age, ethnicity, and education.
"We appear to be improving, somewhat, with respect to awareness of hypertension and with respect to treatment of hypertension as well," said Mellen. "But these data are consistent with what we're seeing in the broader population, that the dietary patterns are getting worse over time. . . . We might be getting better at medicines but neglecting nonpharmacologic ways to treat hypertension."
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