Healthy diet for healthy ageing

 Extending healthspan is a major public health challenge.

 Diet is one of the modifiable factors for 

preventing age-related diseases and preserving 

overall good health status during aging. 

Optimizing individuals’ intrinsic capacity,

 including domains in cognition,

 psychological, sensory function, vitality, and locomotion, has been proposed as a model of healthy aging by the World Health Organization. 

To better understand the relationships between a healthy diet and healthy aging, this review summarizes the recent epidemiologic and clinical data for dietary patterns that have been shown to play a role in (domains of) healthy aging. Regardless of priori or posteriori 

dietary patterns, it appears that dietary patterns centered on plant-based foods have a beneficial role in (domains of) healthy aging. 

Our review identified a knowledge gap in dietary patterns and multidimensional concepts of healthy aging. More epidemiological studies should consider intrinsic capacity as an outcome measure to further our understanding of a healthy diet and multidimensional concepts of healthy aging.

 When a sufficient number of epidemiological studies is available, evidence can be synthesized and clinical trials can be designed to evaluate a healthy diet as a strategy for healthy aging to further our progress in translating evidence to practice and promoting healthy ageing 

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. 2021 Nov 29;13(12):4310. doi: 10.3390/nu13124310

Healthy Diet for Healthy Aging

Suey S Y Yeung ¹, Michelle Kwan ², Jean Woo ^1,3,*

Editors: Martina Barchitta, Arrigo Cicero, Federica Fogacci, Claudio Borghi