Implications for practice and research

• Nurses should be aware and open to multiple healthy dietary patterns among diverse groups of people and how they might influence cardiovascular disease (CVD).

• Further research is required to explore how to increase adherence to healthy diets for diverse population groups within their sociocultural and ecological contexts.

Context

Historically, long-term risk management of CVD is composed of healthy dietary recommendations.1 2 A plethora of information about foods and nutrients occupy media and health research spaces,3 yet consumers often possess a suboptimal understanding of healthy dietary patterns.4 Information about isolated nutrients and foods is insufficient to manage CVD risks; instead, elevated public awareness of various recommended dietary patterns is required. …