ArticleNutrition journal2012
Spending on vegetable and fruit consumption could reduce all-cause mortality among older adults.
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- Whole-Grain Intake and Mortality from All Causes, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016Pooled it
- Association between whole grain intake and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.Oncotarget · 2016Pooled it
- The effect of outdoor activities on the medical expenditure of older people: multiple chain mediating effects of health benefits.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Associations between farmers' market shopping behaviours and objectively measured and self-reported fruit and vegetable intake in a diverse sample of farmers' market shoppers: a cross-sectional study in New York City and rural North Carolina.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- Sleep duration, vegetable consumption and all-cause mortality among older adults in China: a 6-year prospective study.BMC geriatrics · 2021Article
- A non-invasive modifiable Healthy Ageing Nutrition Index (HANI) predicts longevity in free-living older Taiwanese.Scientific reports · 2018Article
- Association between inflammatory potential of diet and mortality among women in the Swedish Mammography Cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2016Article
- Dietary Diversity, Diet Cost, and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in the United Kingdom: A Prospective Cohort Study.PLoS medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundFew studies have evaluated the linkage between food cost and mortality among older adults. This study considers the hypothesis that greater food expenditure in general, and particularly on more nutritious plant and animal-derived foods, decreases mortality in older adults.
methodsThis study uses the 1999-2000 Elderly Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan and follows the cohort until 2008, collecting 24-hr dietary recall data for 1781 participants (874 men and 907 women) aged 65 y or older. Using monthly mean national food prices and 24-hr recall, this study presents an estimate of daily expenditures for vegetable, fruit, animal-derived, and grain food categories. Participants were linked to the national death registry.
resultsOf the 1781 original participants, 625 died during the 10-y follow-up period. Among the 4 food categories, the fourth and fifth expenditure quintiles for vegetables and for fruits had the highest survival rates. After adjusting for co-variates, higher (Q4) vegetable and higher fruit (Q4) food expenditures referent to Q1 were significantly predictive of reduced mortality (HR = 0.55, 95% CI: 0.39-0.78 and HR = 0.64, 95% CI: 0.42-0.99, respectively) and the risk decreased by 12% and 10% for every NT$15 (US$0.50) increase in their daily expenditures. Animal-derived and grain food spending was not predictive of mortality.
conclusionGreater and more achievable vegetable and fruit affordability may improve food security and longevity for older adults.
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