Trial reportNutrients2018
Changes in Dietary Intake and Adherence to the NU-AGE Diet Following a One-Year Dietary Intervention among European Older Adults-Results of the NU-AGE Randomized Trial.
Trial report in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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- Changing from a Western to a Mediterranean-style diet does not affect iron or selenium status: results of the New Dietary Strategies Addressing the Specific Needs of the Elderly Population for Healthy Aging in Europe (NU-AGE) 1-year randomized clinical trial in elderly Europeans.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2020Trial
- The Role of Polyphenols on Cognitive Function and Dementia Through Gut-Microbiota-Brain Axis Modulation: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2026Review
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- Personalized nutrition for healthy aging: precision diets based on genomic, metabolic, and microbiome profiles.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Health-Promoting Potential of the Mediterranean Diet and Challenges for Its Application in Aging Populations.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Toward precision interventions and metrics of inflammaging.Nature aging · 2025Review
- Associations between time spent in sedentary behaviors and metabolic syndrome risk in physically active and inactive European older adults.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
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- Towards a personalized prediction, prevention and therapy of insomnia: gut microbiota profile can discriminate between paradoxical and objective insomnia in post-menopausal women.The EPMA journal · 2024Article
- The interaction between Mediterranean diet and intestinal microbiome: relevance for preventive strategies against frailty in older individuals.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Review
- Obesity-associated inflammation countered by a Mediterranean diet: the role of gut-derived metabolites.Frontiers in nutrition · 2024Review
- Behavioral model-guided nutritional counseling could improve the dietary practice and nutritional status of elders in Ethiopia: a quasi-experimental study.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Behaviour Change Techniques Used in Mediterranean Diet Interventions for Older Adults: A Systematic Scoping Review.Nutrients · 2023Article
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- Inflammaging at the Time of COVID-19.Clinics in geriatric medicine · 2022Review
- Change to a healthy diet in people over 70 years old: the PREDIMED experience.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Vitamin B-6 intake is related to physical performance in European older adults: results of the New Dietary Strategies Addressing the Specific Needs of the Elderly Population for Healthy Aging in Europe (NU-AGE) study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Article
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16 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe Mediterranean Diet has been proposed as an effective strategy to reduce inflammaging, a chronic low grade inflammatory status, and thus, to slow down the aging process. We evaluated whether a Mediterranean-like dietary pattern specifically targeting dietary recommendations of people aged over 65 years (NU-AGE diet) could be effective to shift dietary intake of older adults towards a healthful diet.
methodsAdults aged 65⁻80 years across five EU-centers were randomly assigned to a NU-AGE diet group or control group. The diet group followed one year of NU-AGE dietary intervention specifying consumption of 15 food groups plus the use of a vitamin D supplement. Participants in the diet group received counselling and individually tailored dietary advice, food products and a vitamin D supplement. Dietary intake was assessed by means of seven-day food records at baseline and one-year follow-up. A continuous NU-AGE index (0⁻160 points) was developed to assess NU-AGE diet adherence.
resultsIn total 1296 participants were randomized and 1141 participants completed the intervention (571 intervention, 570 control). After one year, the diet group improved mean intake of 13 out of 16 NU-AGE dietary components (
conclusionsThe NU-AGE dietary intervention, based on dietary recommendations for older adults, consisting of individual dietary counselling, free healthy foods and a vitamin D supplement, may be a feasible strategy to improve dietary intake in an aging European population.
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