1.   After the Journal of the American Medical Association linked olive oil consumption to reduced cholesterol, blood pressure and blood sugar levels and lower coronary risk, sales soared.

2.   But the researchers said that if the new habits were maintained, they could make a major difference in coronary risk decades later.

3.   Dietary cholesterol is only weakly associated with coronary risk.

4.   He noted that both weight reduction and exercise lower coronary risk.

5.   In the Baltimore study, however, the researchers were trying to isolate the separate effects of weight loss and exercise on reducing coronary risk.

6.   Ms. Hall studied exercise physiology, nutrition and coronary risks.

7.   Such nutrients can also lower coronary risk.

8.   What you drink may also influence your coronary risk.

9.   When the researchers took into account other influences on coronary risk like smoking, trans fats stood out as the most serious problem.

10.   Up to now, scientists had been focusing on LDL, or low density lipoprotein, as a main factor in coronary risk.