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Adherence to a Healthy Lifestyle is Associated With a Lower Risk of Diverticulitis among Men.
Adoption of healthy lifestyle habits, such as consuming of diets low in meat and high in fiber, exercising regularly, maintenance of healthy weight, and avoidance of cigarette smoking, may help protect individuals from diverticulitis.
This study examined how lifestyle habits affect diverticulitis risk. A team of researchers from Harvard Medical School tracked the diets, physical activity, body mass index (BMI), and smoking habits of 51,529 men recruited from the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. The diverticulitis hazard ratios of all the participants in this study were also ascertained.
The research team observed that men who ate less red meat, consumed more fiber, exercise regularly, maintained healthy weight, and did not smoke had low risk of developing diverticulitis compared to men who consumed more red meat and less fiber, did not exercise, were overweight and obese, and smoked cigarettes. According to this study, imbibing healthy lifestyle habits can decrease diverticulitis risk by 50%. Data from this study suggest that men who adopt healthy lifestyle habits may be less vulnerable to diverticulitis.
The research team observed that men who ate less red meat, consumed more fiber, exercise regularly, maintained healthy weight, and did not smoke had low risk of developing diverticulitis compared to men who consumed more red meat and less fiber, did not exercise, were overweight and obese, and smoked cigarettes. According to this study, imbibing healthy lifestyle habits can decrease diverticulitis risk by 50%. Data from this study suggest that men who adopt healthy lifestyle habits may be less vulnerable to diverticulitis.
Research Summary Information
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2017
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Liu PH, Cao Y, Keeley BR, Tam I, Wu K, Strate LL, Giovannucci EL, Chan AT.
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Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA. Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
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Yes, Free full text of study was found:
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No. Source of funding disclosure not found
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No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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