Development of the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 Food-Based Diet Score and Its Association with All-Cause Mortality in Two Swedish Cohorts.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2023 Nordic Nutrition Recommendations (NNR23) presented a dual focus on disease prevention and planetary health.

Objectives

We aimed to develop a food-based diet score measuring adherence to NNR23 and assess its association with all-cause mortality in a Swedish population.

Methods

We developed a novel diet score with 15 food components representing NNR23. Each component was scored between 0 and 1 point on a continuous scale, 1 being full adherence, based on participants' intakes. The study population included women (48-83 y old) from the Swedish Mammography Cohort (n = 39,984) and men (45-79 y old) from the Cohort of Swedish Men (n = 48,850), who completed food frequency questionnaires in 1997, 2009, and 2019 and were followed up although linkage to the

SUBMITTER: Morch AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12799448 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature