The impact of a Mediterranean diet and healthy lifestyle on premature mortality in men and women

BACKGROUND: The Mediterranean diet has been associated with reduced mortality; few studies have investigated the combined impact of the Mediterranean diet with other modifiable lifestyle factors. OBJECTIVES: The objectives were to investigate the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and total mortality and to estimate the overall impact of a combined healthy lifestyle on […]

Prenatal fatty acid status and child adiposity at age 3 y: results from a US pregnancy cohort

BACKGROUND: Exposure to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in early life may influence adiposity development. OBJECTIVE: We examined the extent to which prenatal n-3 (omega-3) and n-6 (omega-6) PUFA concentrations were associated with childhood adiposity. DESIGN: In mother-child pairs in the Project Viva cohort; we assessed midpregnancy fatty acid intakes (n = 1120); maternal plasma PUFA […]

Consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids; fish; and nuts and risk of inflammatory disease mortality

BACKGROUND: n-3 (omega-3) Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs); fish; and nuts can regulate inflammatory processes and responses. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether dietary intakes of PUFAs [n-3; n-6 (omega-6); and a-linolenic acid]; fish; and nuts were associated with 15-y mortality attributed to noncardiovascular; noncancer inflammatory diseases. DESIGN: The analyses involved 2514 participants aged =49 y at baseline. […]