Combining Recent Nutritional Data with Prospective Cohorts to Quantify the Impact of Modern Dietary Patterns on Disability-Adjusted Life Years: A Feasibility Study.

ABSTRACT: Unhealthy diets are commonly associated with increased disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) from noncommunicable diseases. The association between DALYs and dietary patterns can be quantified with individual longitudinal data. This assessment, however, is often based on dietary data collected once at cohort entry, therefore reflecting the impact of "old" dietary habits on morbidity and mortality. To overcome this limitation, we tested the association of contemporary diets with DALYs. First, we defined contemporary dietary patterns consumed in Switzerland with the national nutrition survey menuCH (2014-2015). Second, we identified individuals who consumed similar diets in the NRP-MONICA census-linked cohort (1977-2015). In this cohort, individual data on disease and mortality were used to

SUBMITTER: Krieger JP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7146619 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature