Diet quality in late midlife is associated with faster walking speed in later life in women, but not men: findings from a prospective British birth cohort.

ABSTRACT: Healthy diet has been linked to better age-related functioning, but evidence on the relationship of diet quality in late midlife and measures of physical capability in later life is limited. Research on potential sex differences in this relationship is scarce. The aim was to investigate the prospective association between overall diet quality, as assessed by the Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) at 60-64 years and measures of walking speed 7 years later, among men and women from the Insight 46, a neuroscience sub-study of the Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development. Diet was assessed at 60-64 years using 5-d food diaries, from which total HEI-2015 was calculated. At 69-71 years, walking speed was estimated during four 10-m walks at self-selected pace, using in

SUBMITTER: Tektonidis TG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7056405 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature