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Diet quality and resilience through adulthood: A cross-sectional analysis of the WELL for Life study
This study by Springfield-Trice et al. (2024) used information from Stanford University’s WELL for Life (WELL) survey, which included 6171 individuals in the Bay Area, to investigate the relationship between resilience and food quality at various phases of adulthood. The authors used the WELL Diet Score (range 0 to 120) to examine dietary quality, with higher scores reflecting better diet quality. The WELL Diet Score was correlated with both overall and age-specific resilience (early young [years of age 18 to 24], late young [years of age 25 to 34], middle adulthood [years of age 35 to 49], and late adulthood [years of age ≥50]), according to the authors’ analysis. The WELL Diet Score and general resilience were shown to be significantly positively correlated across all age categories, according to data analysis. Specifically, this association was observed in early young, late young, middle-aged, and late adulthood. Notably, young adults exhibited the strongest correlation between diet quality and resilience. However, there were no observed significant interactions between age and resilience regarding diet quality. The authors’ findings suggest that higher diet quality may enhance resilience throughout adulthood. Future studies should explore whether incorporating resilience assessments could enhance the effectiveness of dietary interventions, particularly among young adults. [NPID: Resilience, diet quality, adults, cross-sectional, WELL]
Year: 2024
