Prospective Associations of Diet Quality With Incident Frailty in Older Adults: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study

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Article Publication Date:

7/2/2019

Summary:

The Journal of the American Geriatrics Society published an article looking at the link between diet and potential frailty in older age. Researchers pulled data from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study and analyzed participants’ diets, activity, and shift between the categories of robust, pre-frail, and frail over four years.

Article Author:

Hengeveld, Linda M.; Wijnhoven, Hanneke; Olthof, Margreet; Brouwer, Ingeborg; et al.

Topics:

Frailty in Older Adults

Types/Tools:

Data

Populations:

Aging/Older Adults

Sources:

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Programs/Initiatives:

Health ABC Study