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Dietary patterns in middle age: effects on concurrent neurocognition and risk of age-related cognitive decline.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Mediterranean-Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) Diet for the Aging Brain: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2024Pooled it
- Whole Dietary Patterns, Cognitive Decline and Cognitive Disorders: A Systematic Review of Prospective and Intervention Studies.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Brain health PRO/Santé cerveau PRO: The development of a web-based program for dementia literacy and risk factor reduction.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2025Trial
- Brain health strategies in middle-aged individuals with mild neurocognitive disorder: a scoping review.The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease · 2026Review
- The association between ultra-processed food exposure and cognition in older adults.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Patterns of proactive health behaviors and associated factors among middle-aged and older women in China: a latent class analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Comparing Mediterranean and Western Diets: Cognitive and Microbiota Effects in Middle-Aged Rats.Current developments in nutrition · 2025Article
- Dietary Patterns and Brain Health in Middle-Aged and Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Cross-cultural translation and linguistic validation of the eating motivation survey among older adults in the Chinese context.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- A plant-based diet index to study the relation between diet and disease risk among adults: a narrative review.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Review
- Towards consistency in dietary pattern scoring: standardising scoring workflows for healthy dietary patterns using 24-h recall and two variations of a food frequency questionnair.The British journal of nutrition · 2024Article
- Higher versus lower nut consumption and changes in cognitive performance over two years in a population at risk of cognitive decline: a cohort study.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2023Article
- Alzheimer's Disease Treatment: The Search for a Breakthrough.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Review
- Editorial: Nutritional modulation of central nervous system development, maintenance, plasticity, and recovery.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and waist-to-hip ratio in middle-aged postmenopausal women are the main factors associated with semantic verbal fluency 12 years later.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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- MIND Dietary Pattern and Its Association with Cognition and Incident Dementia in the UK Biobank.Nutrients · 2022Article
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- Association Between Perceived Levels of Stress and Self-Reported Food Preferences Among Males and Females: A Stated Preference Approach Based on the China Health and Nutrition Survey.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Diet May Moderate the Relationship Between Arterial Stiffness and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2022Article
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Abstract
contextDiet plays a critical role in cognitive integrity and decline in older adults. However, little is known about the relationship between diet and cognitive integrity in middle age.
objectiveTo investigate the relationship between dietary patterns in healthy middle-aged adults and neurocognition both in middle age and later in life. DATA SOURCES: Using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines, the following electronic databases were searched: Web of Science, Scopus, PubMed, and PsychInfo. DATA EXTRACTION: Data from eligible articles was extracted by 2 reviewers. DATA ANALYSIS: Articles included in the systematic review were synthesized (based on the synthesis without meta-analysis reporting guidelines) and assessed for quality (using the Joanna Briggs Institute checklist for randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and cross-sectional studies) by 2 reviewers.
resultsOf 1558 studies identified, 34 met the eligibility criteria for inclusion. These comprised 9 cross-sectional studies, 23 longitudinal or prospective cohort studies, and 2 randomized controlled trials. Findings were mixed, with some studies reporting a significant positive relationship between adherence to various "healthy" dietary patterns and neurocognition, but others reporting no such relationship.
conclusionThis systematic review demonstrated that adherence to the Mediterranean diet and other healthy dietary patterns in middle age can protect neurocognition later in life. SYSTEMATIC REVIEW REGISTRATION: PROSPERO registration no. CRD42020153179.
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