SynthesisEuropean journal of nutrition2016
Dietary patterns and successful ageing: a systematic review.
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86 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 170 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Effect of dietary interventions in mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review.The British journal of nutrition · 2018Pooled it
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- The Inflammatory Potential of the Diet at Midlife Is Associated with Later Healthy Aging in French Adults.The Journal of nutrition · 2018Trial
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- Social Support as a Determinant of Dietary Quality in Community-Dwelling Older Adults in China.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
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- Dietary habits and successful aging in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional analysis of the CLHLS.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Optimal dietary patterns for healthy aging.Nature medicine · 2025Article
- The association between dietary quality and biological aging: two-mediation analysis.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Association between methyl donor nutrients' dietary intake with phenotypic aging among US adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES 2005-2018.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- Does Health Literacy Mediate Sociodemographic and Economic Inequalities in Fruit and Vegetable Intake? An Analysis of Slovenian National HLS19 Survey Data.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Imbalanced nutrition and increased dietary inflammatory index in children with autism spectrum disorder: associations with neurodevelopmental disorders.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeNutrition is a key determinant of chronic disease in later life. A systematic review was conducted of studies examining dietary patterns and quality of life, physical function, cognitive function and mental health among older adults.
methodsLiterature searches in MEDLINE complete, Academic Search Complete, CINAHL Complete, Ageline, Global health, PsycINFO, SCOPUS and EMBASE and hand searching from 1980 up to December 2014 yielded 1236 results. Inclusion criteria included dietary pattern assessment via dietary indices or statistical approaches, a sample of community-dwelling adults aged 45 years and over at baseline and a cross-sectional or longitudinal study design. Exclusion criteria included a single 24-h recall of diet, evaluation of single foods or nutrients, clinical or institutionalised samples and intervention studies. Risk of bias was assessed using the six-item Effective Public Health Practice Project's Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies.
resultsThere were 34 articles (11 cross-sectional and 23 longitudinal) included with 23 studies examining dietary indices and 13 studies using empirical analysis. Most studies examined mental health (n = 10) or cognitive function (n = 18), with fewer studies examining quality of life (n = 6) and physical function (n = 8). Although dietary pattern and outcome assessment methods varied, most studies reported positive associations between a healthier diet and better health outcomes.
conclusionOverall, the number of studies using dietary patterns to investigate diet and successful ageing is small, and further investigation in longitudinal studies is needed, particularly for quality-of-life outcomes. This review provides support for the importance of a healthy diet for the ageing population globally.
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