ArticleAmerican journal of preventive medicine2019
Neighborhood Food Environment and Dementia Incidence: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Cohort Survey.
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- The Association between Community Food Environments and Health Outcomes in High-Income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review.Current nutrition reports · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of neighborhood built environment on cognitive function in older adults: a systematic review.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
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- Neighborhood Built Environments and Health in Later Life: A Literature Review.Journal of aging and health · 2025Review
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- Perceived but not objective measures of neighborhood safety and food environments are associated with longitudinal changes in processing speed among urban older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Living in public rental housing is healthier than private rental housing a 9-year cohort study from Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Spatial scale effects on associations between built environment and cognitive function: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Health & place · 2024Article
- Features of the Physical and Social Neighborhood Environment and Neighborhood-Level Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia in South Carolina.Environmental health perspectives · 2024Article
- Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence and Methodologies for Research on Neighborhood Characteristics and Brain Health.Public health reviews · 2024Review
- Association of dietary variety with the risk for dementia: the Yabu cohort study.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Availability of healthy foods, fruit and vegetable consumption, and cognition among urban older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2023Article
- Prospective Study of Engagement in Leisure Activities and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Japanese Adults.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Long-Term Care Insurance Certification in Japan: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionInterventions targeting built environmental factors may encourage older people to engage in favorable behaviors and decrease dementia risk, but epidemiologic evidence is limited. This study investigated the association between neighborhood food environment and dementia incidence.
methodsA 3-year follow-up (2010-2013) was conducted among participants in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, a population-based cohort study of older adults aged ≥65 years. Dementia incidence for 49,511 participants was assessed through the public long-term care insurance system. Availability of food stores (defined as the number of food stores selling fruits and vegetables within 500 meters or 1 kilometer of residence) was assessed for each participant using objective (GIS-based) and subjective (participant-reported) measurements. Data were analyzed from 2017 to 2018.
resultsA total of 3,162 cases of dementia occurred during the follow-up. Compared with the highest quartile for objective availability of food stores, the hazard ratio adjusting for age and sex was 1.60 (95% CI=1.43, 1.78) for the second-lowest quartile. Compared with the highest subjective availability of food stores, the hazard ratio was 1.74 (95% CI=1.49, 2.04) for the lowest category. After successive adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, health status, and other geographic neighborhood factors (availability of restaurants, convenience stores, and community centers), the hazard ratio remained statistically significant.
conclusionsLower food store availability was associated with increased dementia incidence. Given that food shopping is a routine activity and a main motive for going out among older adults, increasing the availability of food stores may contribute to dementia prevention.
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