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In a country craving for simple solutions to complex problems it is dangerously tempting to promise more than can be delivered. Yet, history teaches us that citizens deal harshly with false profits. Today I want to share with you my growing concern about over promise in coronary disease. My remarks will focus upon the matter of credibility, both of the AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION and of medical science in general. Two examples will illustrate my point. The first, deals with our advice to the public about dietary control of body cholesterol, and the second addresses the misinterpretation and misuse of the popular ICDA graph depicting the declining mortality from heart attacks.