ArticleNutrients2023
Low Adherence to Mediterranean Diet Is Associated with Probable Sarcopenia in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Longevity Check-Up (Lookup) 7+ Project.
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- Association of Dietary Vegetable and Fruit Consumption with Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2024Pooled it
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- Vitamin D as a Modulator of Sarcopenia in Women: Interactions with Dietary Patterns and Physical Exercise.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Early Biomarkers, Risk Factors, and Functional Indicators of Healthy Longevity and Their Relationship with Diet.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Eating Disorder Risk and Its Biobehavioural Correlates in Italian University Students: The UniFoodWaste Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- Effect of Polyphenol-Rich Diet Combined with Leucine, Vitamin D3, and Magnesium Supplementation on Self-Reported Mobility and Health Perception in Adults at Risk of Sarcopenia: A 3-Months Quasi-Experimental Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Protein intake and its interaction with dietary patterns on clinical outcomes among older adults.npj aging · 2026Article
- Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and incident cardiovascular outcomes among older adults.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- Multidimensional Lifestyle Profiles and Psychological Outcomes in University Students: A Cluster Analysis Approach.Journal for person-oriented research · 2026Article
- The relationship between sustainable dietary behaviors, sustainable food literacy, healthy life awareness, and social media addiction in adults: a cross-sectional study in Türkiye.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 2025Article
- Sarcopenia in the Aging Process: Pathophysiological Mechanisms, Clinical Implications, and Emerging Therapeutic Approaches.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Association between low-carbohydrate diet and low-fat diet scores and sarcopenia as determined by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry: a cross-sectional study.Nutrition journal · 2025Article
- The relationship between elderly dietary index and sarcopenia: a case-control study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Can malnutrition, dietary habits, and diet quality be determinant factors in frailty, sarcopenia, low physical function, and depression in older adults?BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between Socio-Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics and Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet: The UniFoodWaste Study Among University Students in Italy.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Associations between sarcopenia operationalized using muscle strength or power and health-related parameters.The Journal of frailty & aging · 2025Article
- Quality of plant-based diets in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in US adults with sarcopenia: a population-based study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Observational
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: A story of muscle and mass.World journal of gastroenterology · 2025Article
- Adherence to the mediterranean diet and physical activity in relation to sarcopenia: a cross-sectional epidemiological cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Muscle strength is a relevant metric of aging. Greater adherence to Mediterranean diet is associated with better health outcomes across all life stages; however, evidence on the relationship between Mediterranean diet and muscle strength in older adults is inconclusive. In this study, we evaluated the relationship between adherence to Mediterranean diet and handgrip strength in a large sample of community-dwelling older adults from the Longevity Check-up 7+ project. A total of 2963 participants (mean age 72.8 ± 5.7 years; 54.4% women) were analyzed. Mediterranean diet adherence was evaluated using a modified Medi-Lite score and categorized as low (≤8), good (9 to 11), or high (≥12). Handgrip strength was categorized as normal or low according to cut-points by the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People 2. Older adults with lower Mediterranean diet adherence had a significantly higher prevalence of probable sarcopenia (25.9%) than those with good (19.1%) or high (15.5%) adherence. The proportion of participants with probable sarcopenia increased with age, but it remained lower in the good and high adherence groups. Logistic regression showed that greater Mediterranean diet adherence was associated with a lower risk of probable sarcopenia. Older age, female sex, and physical inactivity were associated with a greater risk of probable sarcopenia. Our findings emphasize the positive association between healthy lifestyles, including adherence to Mediterranean diet, and physical function in old age.
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