Adult Lifetime Diet Quality and Physical Performance in Older Age: Findings From a British Birth Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Current evidence that links "healthier" dietary patterns to better measured physical performance is mainly from older populations; little is known about the role of earlier diet. We examined adult diet quality in relation to physical performance at age 60-64 years.

Methods

Diet quality was defined using principal component analysis of dietary data collected at age 36, 43, 53, and 60-64. Throughout adulthood, diets of higher quality were characterized by higher consumption of fruit, vegetables, and wholegrain bread. Diet quality scores calculated at each age indicated compliance with this pattern. Physical performance was assessed using chair rise, timed-up-and-go, and standing balance tests at age 60-64. The analysis sample included 969 men and women.

Results</

SUBMITTER: Robinson SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104809 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature