Dietary diversity contributes to delay biological aging.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

As aging is a major risk factor for chronic diseases, strategies to promote healthy aging are essential. Dietary diversity has been reported to be beneficial for human health, however, the role in the biological aging process remains underexplored. Our aim was to analyse the potential link between diet diversity and aging.

Methods

Twenty-two thousand six hundred participants from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) were included in this study. Dietary diversity was assessed by the dietary diversity score (DDS), which aggregated data on participants' self-reported dietary categories for the 5 major food groups (18 subgroups) over 2 rounds. Biological age was determined using the phenotypic age, with the residual between biological age and chrono

SUBMITTER: Liao W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11496103 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature