SynthesisThe journal of nutrition, health & aging2018
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Frailty: A Systematic Review.
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- Association of health promotion behaviors with frailty in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
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- Association between dairy products intake and frailty transitions in older adults: The InCHIANTI cohort study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Dietary trajectories over 21 years and frailty in Norwegian older adults: the Tromsø Study 1994-2016.European journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Association of foods consumption and physical activity with prefrailty and frailty among Chinese older adults in urban communities: A cross-sectional study.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Mendelian randomization study to assess causality between diet and phenotype of aging.Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Article
- Dietary Diversity Changes and Cognitive Frailty in Chinese Older Adults: A Prospective Community-Based Cohort Study.Nutrients · 2023Article
- Disentangling the Complexity of Nutrition, Frailty and Gut Microbial Pathways during Aging: A Focus on Hippuric Acid.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Plant-based diets and risk of frailty in community-dwelling older adults: the Seniors-ENRICA-1 cohort.GeroScience · 2023Article
- Vegan diet: nutritional components, implementation, and effects on adults' health.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Review
- Plant-Based Diet and Risk of Frailty in Older Chinese Adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Article
- Association between Lebanese Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Lebanese Older Adults-A Preliminary Study.Nutrients · 2022Article
- Guava Fruit andNutrients · 2022Article
- Association between social capital and frailty and the mediating effect of health-promoting lifestyles in Chinese older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Evidence that dog ownership protects against the onset of disability in an older community-dwelling Japanese population.PloS one · 2022Article
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveTo identify currently available evidence on fruit and vegetable consumption in association with frailty by conducting a systematic review of the literature and to summarise and critically evaluate it.
designSystematic review.
settingFour electronic databases (Embase, MEDLINE, CINAHL and PsycINFO) were systematically searched in August 2017 for observational cohort studies providing cross-sectional or prospective associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and frailty risks. Additional studies were searched by manually reviewing the reference lists of the included studies and related review papers and conducting forward citation tracking of the included studies. The methodological quality of prospective studies was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale.
participantsCommunity-dwelling general populations.
resultsA total of 6251 studies were identified, of which five prospective studies with follow-up periods of 2-10.5 years and two cross-sectional studies were included. Among the five prospective studies, three had adequate methodological quality. Because of different measurements and statistical methodologies, a meta-analysis was not possible. The two studies of good quality showed that fruit and vegetable consumption was mostly associated with lower risk of incident frailty. The other study as a sub-analysis retrospectively examined baseline fruit and vegetable consumption of those who developed frailty and those who did not at follow-up and showed no significant associations.
conclusionsAlthough good quality studies on this topic are scarce, there is some suggestion that higher fruit and vegetable consumption may be associated with lower frailty risk. More high quality research is needed.
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