Cohort profile: the Diet and Healthy Aging (DaHA) study in Singapore.

ABSTRACT: How diet is related with cognition and health has not been systematically examined in Asians whose eating habits are very different from their counterparts in the West and the biological mechanisms underlying such links are not well known yet. The diet and healthy aging (DaHA) study is a community-based longitudinal study conducted to examine the role of diet and nutrition in promoting cognitive, emotional, and physical health among community-living elderly Singaporeans. The first wave of DaHA, conducted from 2011 to 2017, provided detailed information on diet and baseline cognitive function and health from 1010 community-living elderly in Singapore. Biomarkers of oxidative stress, systemic inflammation, and genetic information were collected. The ongoing second wave of DaHA is conducted f

SUBMITTER: Yu R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7762480 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature