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Review
. 2021;25(9):1076-1083.
doi: 10.1007/s12603-021-1675-6.

Mediterranean Diet In Healthy Aging

E Mazza  1 , Y Ferro, R Pujia, R Mare, S Maurotti, T Montalcini, A Pujia
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Review

Mediterranean Diet In Healthy Aging

E Mazza et al. J Nutr Health Aging. 2021.

Abstract

The World elderly population is expected to double before 2050. Unhealthy habits and unhealthy lifestyles are commonly associated with age-related diseases or their worsening. Modification in daily lifestyle and diet may help preventing age-related diseases onset and efficiently affecting their evolution, thus promoting the Healthy Aging process, concept recently coined to describe the disease-free aging process. This review highlights the role of nutrition science in promoting healthy aging. Since the Mediterranean Model demonstrated to be a useful style in supporting healthy aging, promotion of this correct lifestyle by health policies seems to be the best approach to achieve this target.

Keywords: Healthy Aging; Mediterranean diet; food intake; lifestyle; nutrition; prevention.

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Beneficial Effects Of the Mediterranean Diet In Aging
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