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Plant-Based Diets and Risk of Multimorbidity: The Health and Retirement Study
Consistent consumption of healthy plant foods may help shield middle-aged and older adults from different chronic diseases.
This study was carried out to ascertain the nexus between consuming plant-based diets and the tendency of middle-aged and elderly individuals to come down with different chronic diseases. Researchers followed the nutritional habits and health of 4,262 adults above the age of 50 years over a 7-year period.
Researchers found a favorable association between adhering to a healthy plant-based diet and reduced incidence of chronic diseases in the study population. This 2024 study documented that imbibing the habit of eating healthy plant foods may confer middle-aged and older adults with significant protection against chronic diseases.
Research Summary Information
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2024
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Veronica Vega-Cabello, Maymona Al Hinai, Humberto Yévenes-Briones, Francisco Felix Caballero, Esther Lopez-García, Ana Baylin
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Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBERESP (CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States; Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Sultan Qaboos University College of Agriculture and Marine Science, Muscat, Oman. Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; CIBERESP (CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Madrid, Spain; IMDEA-Food Institute, CEI UAM+CSIC, Madrid, Spain. Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States. Electronic address: abaylin@umich.edu.
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