Neighborhood Food Environment and Dementia Incidence: the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study Cohort Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Interventions targeting built environmental factors may encourage older people to engage in favorable behaviors and decrease dementia risk, but epidemiologic evidence is limited. This study investigated the association between neighborhood food environment and dementia incidence.

Methods

A 3-year follow-up (2010-2013) was conducted among participants in the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, a population-based cohort study of older adults aged ≥65 years. Dementia incidence for 49,511 participants was assessed through the public long-term care insurance system. Availability of food stores (defined as the number of food stores selling fruits and vegetables within 500 meters or 1 kilometer of residence) was assessed for each participant using objective (GIS-bas

SUBMITTER: Tani Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6375726 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature