Skip to main content
Skip to main content

USDA Blog

Filters

Category/Topic

Authored Date

Showing: 1 - 1 of 1 Results
Applied Filters

Fatty Acids and Mortality: ARS Scientists Get to the Heart of the Matter

February 17, 2022 Scott Elliott, Agricultural Research Service Office of Communications

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that one person dies every 36 seconds in the United States from cardiovascular disease. That’s about 25% of America’s mortality rate. Heart disease costs the United States about $363 billion each year from 2016 to 2017 – almost $1...

Research and Science