Dietary diversity and 14-year decline in higher-level functional capacity among middle-aged and elderly Japanese

Otsuka, Rei; Kato, Yuki; Nishita, Yukiko; Tange, Chikako; Nakamoto, Mariko; Tomida, Makiko; Imai, Tomoko; Ando, Fujiko; Shimokata, Hiroshi; Suzuki, Takao

doi:10.1016/j.nut.2016.01.022

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“…In most cases, increase in age leads to upholding the value of a nutritious diet. This finding is also in agreement with Otsuka et al [15]. Likewise, being married is associated with improved dietary diversity and quality levels.…”

Section: Association Of Mobile Phone Use With Dietary Diversity and Qsupporting

confidence: 93%

“…Intuitively, malnutrition occurrence is a function of the accessibility and availability of various foods for sustainable and healthy diets all year round [8][9][10]. In support, a myriad of literature documents that there is a significant association between micronutrient adequacy and a varied diet, which eventually results in positive health outcomes [11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Impliedly, there may be increased risk of underweight and stunted growth that may even lead to cognitive deficits in the case of a less diversified diet [18][19][20].…”

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Ameliorating Food and Nutrition Security in Farm Households: Does Informatization Matter?

Mwalupaso

Wang

Eshetie³

et al. 2020

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Improving food and nutrition security in Sub-Saharan Africa’s farm households has become a prominent priority subject for researchers and policymakers alike. Interestingly, it is realized through enhancement in dietary diversity and quality. To this end, better access to food and information is considered a prerequisite. Given that mobile phone coverage offers new prospects for increasing rural households’ access to information, can informatization (mobile phone used as a concrete example) possibly influence dietary diversity and quality? Cross-sectional data collected from farm households in Zambia is used to address this topic by applying the ordinary least square and endogenous switching regression (ESR). Household dietary diversity score was constructed based on a 7-days recall approach to measure consumption patterns. Our robust regression result indicates that mobile phone use positively and significantly influences dietary diversity and quality. Particularly, gender-disaggregated regression reveals that male-headed households have stronger positive associations than their counterparts. We also find that in comparison to non-adopters, adopters consume three more foods weekly. This is attributable to the income gains and increased frequency in information access on account of mobile phone adoption. Conversely, average consumption would increase by two more foods weekly if mobile phones were adopted in non-adopting households. Therefore, our study puts forwards substantial empirical evidence to warrant policy formulation directed at promoting informatization among farm households. Eventually, this could possibly recuperate dynamism in agricultural food production as food and nutrition security in farm households ameliorates.

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Ameliorating Food and Nutrition Security in Farm Households: Does Informatization Matter?

Mwalupaso

Wang

Eshetie³

et al. 2020

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“…A growing literature has documented that low dietary diversity is the main cause of micronutrient deficiency [4]. Hence, a varied diet is considered essential to decrease micronutrient deficiency and achieve positive health outcomes [5,6]. Many countries have developed and promoted national dietary guidelines and recommended consumption quantities of core food groups, such as grains, vegetables, fruit, meat, fish, eggs and dairy [7].…”

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Social-Psychological Factors in Food Consumption of Rural Residents: The Role of Perceived Need and Habit within the Theory of Planned Behavior

2020

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To address the problem of malnutrition in poor rural areas of China, this study aims to examine the effects of social-psychological factors in food consumption of rural residents in poor counties of Southwest China. In addition, it investigates the role of perceived need and habit within the theory of planned behavior (TPB) in predicting food consumption. A survey with random sampling was conducted on rural residents (n = 424), and the theoretical frameworks of both the standard and extended TPB were applied for comparison purposes. Structural equation modeling was applied to test the relationships among constructs. Consumption of five food items was studied, respectively: meat, eggs, dairy, fish, and fruits. Results showed that incorporation of perceived need and habit substantially increased the explanatory power of the TPB, but these factors only had significant direct effects on intention rather than behavior. Perceived need and habit are stronger predictors of intention than any other TPB construct for consumption of all food items except for meat. We found indirect effects of the constructs in the extended TPB model on consumption to be different across food items. Practical implications to improve consumption of different food items were proposed accordingly.

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“…Dietary diversity score (DDS), as an indicator of diversity within food groups, is a reliable diet quality index (18). Available studies have indicated an inverse relationship between DDS and psychological disorders such as depression (19), anxiety (20) and a decline in intellectual activity (21). Moreover, findings from a recent meta-analysis of observational studies have revealed a significant inverse association between healthy dietary pattern and risk of depression (22).…”

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The Association between Dietary Diversity Score and Somatoform Complaints Profile among Iranian Adults

Keshteli¹,

Mohammadi²,

Yahay³

et al. 2020

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Background: The present study aimed to investigate the association between dietary diversity score (DDS) and somatoform complaints profile.Methods: The current cross-sectional study was conducted on 2818 adults aged 19-65 years working in Isfahan province, Iran. A Dish-based 106-item Semi-quantitative Food Frequency Questionnaire (DS-FFQ) was used to collect dietary intake of participants. Somatoform symptoms were assessed using a validated comprehensive 31-items questionnaire.Results: After adjusting for the impacts of various confounders it was revealed that lower DDS is associated with higher risk of experiencing greater scores of psychological (OR=1.44, 95% CI: 1.06, 1.95; P=0.029) and pharyngeal-respiratory (OR=1.54, 95% CI: 1.17, 2.04; P=0.009) somatoform complaints. No significant association was found between DDS and neuro-skeletal and gastrointestinal somatoform complaints. In addition, stratified analysis by sex indicated that the lower DDS increased the risk of higher scores of psychological (OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.17, 2.56; P = 0.02) and pharyngeal-respiratory (OR = 1.75, 95% CI = 1.22, 2.49, P = 0.007) somatic complaints in women, but not in men.Conclusion: Present study indicated that the lower DDS is associated with higher risk of psychological and pharyngeal-respiratory somatoform complaints. Future prospective studies and particularly clinical trials are warranted to confirm these findings.

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Dietary diversity and 14-year decline in higher-level functional capacity among middle-aged and elderly Japanese

Cited by 31 publications

References 19 publications

Ameliorating Food and Nutrition Security in Farm Households: Does Informatization Matter?

Ameliorating Food and Nutrition Security in Farm Households: Does Informatization Matter?

Social-Psychological Factors in Food Consumption of Rural Residents: The Role of Perceived Need and Habit within the Theory of Planned Behavior

The Association between Dietary Diversity Score and Somatoform Complaints Profile among Iranian Adults

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