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Title: The role of energy balance in successful aging among elderly individuals : the multinational MEDIS study
Authors: Tyrovolas, Stefanos
Haro, Josep Maria
Mariolis, Anargiros
Piscopo, Suzanne
Valacchi, Giuseppe
Makri, Kornilia
Zeimbekis, Akis
Tyrovola, Dimitra
Bountziouka, Vassiliki
Gotsis, Efthimios
Metallinos, George
Tur, Josep-Antoni
Matalas, Antonia-Leda
Lionis, Christos
Polychronopoulos, Evangelos
Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
Keywords: Energy metabolism
Older people
Diet -- Mediterranean Region
Older people -- Nutrition
Issue Date: 2015
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
Citation: Tyrovolas, S., Haro, J. M., Mariolis, A., Piscopo, S., Valacchi, G., Makri, K., ... & Panagiotakos, D. (2015). The role of energy balance in successful aging among elderly individuals: the multinational MEDIS study. Journal of Aging and Health, 27(8), 1375-1391.
Abstract: Objective: The determinants that promote living beyond life expectancy and successful aging still remain unknown. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the role of energy balance in successful aging, in a random sample of older adults living in the Mediterranean basin. Method: During 2005 to 2011, 2,663 older (aged 65-100 years) adults from 21 Mediterranean islands and the rural Mani region (Peloponnesus) of Greece were voluntarily enrolled in the study. Dietary habits, energy intake, expenditure, and energy balance were derived throughout standard procedures. A successful aging index (range = 0-10) was used. Results: After adjusting for several confounders, high energy intake (i.e., >1,700 kcal/day), b-coefficient [95% CI] = −0.21[−0.37, −0.05], as well as positive energy balance, b-coefficient [95% CI] = −0.21 [−0.37, −0.05], were inversely associated with successful aging. Conclusion: A diet with excessive energy intake and a positive energy balance seems to be associated with lower quality of life, as measured through successful aging.
Description: This study was funded by research grants from the Hellenic Heart Foundation, and therefore we thank Professor Pavlos Toutouzas, Director of the Foundation. Stefano Tyrovolas received a scholarship from the Foundation for Education and European Culture (IPEP) to undertake his post-doctoral research, of which this work is part. Josep A. Tur was funded by Grants PI11/01791, CIBERobn, CB12/03/30038, and CAIB/EU 35/2001.
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/19362
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