Association Between Adherence to the Japanese Meal-based Dietary Guideline and All-cause and Cause-specific Mortalities: A Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare in Japan has published a meal-based dietary guideline (Healthy Meal); however, its relationship with health outcomes remains unclear. This observational study examined the association between adherence to Healthy Meal and all-cause and cause-specific mortalities.

Methods

We analyzed data from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study (JPHC Study) with a mean follow-up of 19.0 years, including 40,222 men and 47,350 women aged 45-75 years with no history of cancer, stroke, ischemic heart disease, chronic liver disease, or kidney disease. Adherence to Healthy Meal was scored using dietary intake from a validated food frequency questionnaire. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratios

SUBMITTER: Takano M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12698322 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature