Mediterranean Diet, Physical Activity, and Bone Health in Older Adults: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding the effects of diet and physical activity on bone health may help to mitigate concomitant weight loss- and age-related bone deterioration.

Objective

To evaluate the effects of a weight-loss lifestyle intervention on bone mineral density (BMD), bone mineral content (BMC), and low BMD prevalence.

Design, setting, and participants

The 3-year, parallel-group Prevención con Dieta Mediterránea-Plus (PREDIMED-Plus) randomized clinical trial was conducted at recruiting centers in Spain from October 2013 to December 2016. Men and women (aged 55-75 years) with metabolic syndrome and overweight or obesity, as well as access to dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) (from 4 centers in Navarra, Mallorca, Reus, and León), were included in this prespecified

SUBMITTER: Vazquez-Lorente H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11979728 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature