Dietary Composition, Meal Timing, and Cancer-Related Fatigue: Insights From the Women's Healthy Eating and Living Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer-related fatigue is difficult to treat, and dietary interventions are promising yet underused.

Objective

We explored associations between dietary patterns and fatigue, and the effect of a dietary intervention versus control on fatigue using Women's Healthy Eating and Living study data, plus mediators and moderators of the intervention effect.

Methods

The Women's Healthy Eating and Living study was a randomized controlled trial among early-stage breast cancer survivors. The 4-year intervention encouraged fruits, vegetables, fiber, and 15% to 20% calories from fat. Fatigue outcomes included a 9-item energy scale and a single-item tiredness question. Dietary quality was estimated using a modified Healthy Eating Index (24-hour dietary recall) and serum ca

SUBMITTER: Kleckner AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11136880 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan-Feb 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature