ArticleNutrients2021
Evolution of the Dietary Patterns Across Nutrition Transition in the Sardinian Longevity Blue Zone and Association with Health Indicators in the Oldest Old.
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- Anti-inflammatory diets and mental health: a scoping review of randomized controlled trials and systematic evidence syntheses.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
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- Late-Life Dietary Patterns and Subsequent Survival Among Adults Aged 90 Years or Older in the Sardinian Blue Zone.Nutrients · 2026Observational
- Blue Zones, an Analysis of Existing Evidence through a Scoping Review.Aging and disease · 2025Article
- The Cholesterol Paradox in Long-Livers from a Sardinia Longevity Hot Spot (Blue Zone).Nutrients · 2025Article
- Living longer and lifestyle: A report on the oldest of the old in the Adventist Health Study-2.JAR life · 2025Article
- Lack of association between common polymorphisms associated with successful aging and longevity in the population of Sardinian Blue Zone.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Association between Mild Overweight and Survival: A Study of an Exceptionally Long-Lived Population in the Sardinian Blue Zone.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Food for thought: Making the case for food produced via regenerative agriculture in the battle against non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs).One health (Amsterdam, Netherlands) · 2024Review
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- Psychological resilience and competence: key promoters of successful aging and flourishing in late life.GeroScience · 2023Review
- The Less We Eat, the Longer We Live: Can Caloric Restriction Help Us Become Centenarians?International journal of molecular sciences · 2022Review
- Extreme Longevity: Analysis of the Direct or Indirect Influence of Environmental Factors on Old, Nonagenarians, and Centenarians in Cilento, Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Does the trained immune system play an important role in the extreme longevity that is seen in the Sardinian blue zone?Frontiers in aging · 2022Article
- Early Dinner Time and Caloric Restriction Lapse Contribute to the Longevity of Nonagenarians and Centenarians of the Italian Abruzzo Region: A Cross-Sectional Study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Lessons Learned From Blue Zones, Lifestyle Medicine Pillars and Beyond: An Update on the Contributions of Behavior and Genetics to Wellbeing and Longevity.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
Health and longevity in humans are influenced by numerous factors, including lifestyle and nutrition. However, the direct relationship between lifetime eating habits and functional capacity of the elderly is poorly understood. This study investigated the dietary changes across nutrition transition (NT) in the early 1960s, in a population located in the Sardinia island known for its longevity, dubbed as "Longevity Blue Zone" (LBZ), as well as the relationship between the dietary patterns and a panel of health indicators. A total of 150 oldest-old participants (89 women and 61 men, age range 90-101 years) living in the LBZ were recruited. Participants were interviewed using validated questionnaires to assess the consumption frequency of common food items, as well as the correlation with self-rated health, comorbidity, affective and cognitive level, physical mobility, disability and anthropometric parameters. Differences between subgroups were evaluated using the Mann-Whitney
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