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146<p>The Seven Countries Study was conceived by Ancel Keys, a Minnesota physiologist, who in the mid-20th century brought together researchers from all over the world. It became a collective effort to study their joint questions about heart and vascular diseases among countries having varied traditional eating patterns and lifestyles.</p>
147<h3 class="icon_origin">Origin &amp; development</h3>
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148More about how the study was conceived and the two phases of cardiovascular and healthy ageing epidemiology,</a></p>
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155<h3 class="icon_history">History</h3>
156<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/history">Read about half a century of scientific endeavor.</a></p>
157<h3 class="icon_design">Study design</h3>
158<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/study-design">Find out how the research team obtained its data.</a></p>
159<h3 class="icon_measurements">Measurements</h3>
160<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/measurements">Which medical, lifestyle and demographic factors were measured?</a></p>
161<h3 class="icon_countries">Countries</h3>
162<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/countries">Learn about the countries and cohorts studied in the SCS.</a></p>
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169<h3 class="icon_investigators">Investigators</h3>
170<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/investigators">Meet the driving forces behind the conduct of the SCS.</a></p>
171<h3 class="icon_related">Related studies</h3>
172<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="http://sevencountriesstudy.com/about-the-study/related-studie">Browse the other studies that sprouted from the SCS.</a></p>
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174<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/sponsors">Scan the list of benefactors that made the SCS happen.</a></p>
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176<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/coordination-and-databases/">Who ran the SCS and the cohorts?</a></p>
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190<p>The cohorts in the Seven Countries were chosen as cultures apparently contrasting in lifestyle, eating habits and risk factor levels.</p>
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199<h3 class="icon_navigation">The 7 Countries</h3>
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201<li><a title="Countries – USA" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-usa">USA</a></li>
202<li><a title="Countries – Finland" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-finland">Finland</a></li>
203<li><a title="Countries – Netherlands" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-netherlands">Netherlands</a></li>
204<li><a title="Countries – Italy" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-italy">Italy</a></li>
205<li><a title="Countries – Greece" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-greece">Greece</a></li>
206<li><a title="Countries – Yugoslavia" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-yugoslavia">Former Yugoslavia</a></li>
207<li><a title="Countries – Japan" href="/about-the-study/countries/countries-japan">Japan</a></li>
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209<h3 class="icon_trends">Country Trends</h3>
210<p><a class="icon_read-more" href="/about-the-study/countries/country-trends">Explore the graphs with trends in CVD risk factors across time and cultures.</a></p>
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225<p>With hundreds of peer-reviewed publications, the Seven Countries Study generated an incredible amount of information. We&#8217;ve selected 84 main results and summarized them for you in our articles.</p>
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336<h1 style="padding-top: 0;">What is the Seven Countries Study?</h1>
337<p style="font-size: 1.2em;">The Seven Countries Study (SCS for short) is the first major study to investigate diet and lifestyle along with other risk factors for cardiovascular disease, across contrasting countries and cultures and over an extended period of time.</p>
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355<div>Learn more about the history, study design and main study questions of the SCS.</div>
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378<p>Discover what the SCS brought to light by reading about the main results.</p>
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