SuperWIN: Supermarket Partnership Improves DASH Diet Score

Interviewer: Michelle L. O'Donoghue, MD, MPH; Interviewee: Dylan L. Steen, MD

April 06, 2022

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Michelle O'Donoghue, MD, MPH: Hi. this is Dr Michelle O'Donoghue for Medscape. Joining me today is Dr Dylan Steen in Cincinnati. We're at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) 2022 Scientific Session, which is my first conference postpandemic — or I guess we are still in a pandemic.

One of the more interesting trials will be presented by Dylan, looking at a supermarket strategy toward better eating. This is a topic that's near and dear to my heart because I think that diet and diet interventions are often overlooked in cardiology and can be a path forward for many patients in terms of both quality of life and also making meaningful health impacts. Dylan, why don't you start off with what this trial was about and how you got it up and going?

Dylan L. Steen, MD: Nice to see you again after all this time. For decades now, we've had research collaborations between pharmaceutical biotech, the medical device industry, and independent academic investigators. In fact, here at ACC, we're going to see many of these studies presented.

What has been absent are research collaborations with other industries. In this case, we partnered with the Kroger Company, the largest supermarket chain in the US.

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