The CNP Diet and Resilience Research Category consolidates research exploring the interdependent relationship between dietary intake and resilience. To view each original study on the open internet, click “Original.” To view the CNP-written abstract summary, click “CNP Summary.” While only some of the CNP-written abstract summaries are available below for free, all abstract summaries are available to CNP members through the CNP Library Membership.
In this 2019 study, Yin et. al tackle the association between dietary diversity (DD) and psychological resilience in an elderly Chinese population. With 8571 community-based citizens taking part in this study, the frequency of food groups in their diets were reported, and psychological resilience assessed through a simplified resilience score (SRS). Lower DD resulted in poorer resilience compared to those with good DD, with the association proving significant [ β (95% CI) = -0.94 (-1.07, -0.81) for SRS (p<0.01) and odds ratio (OR) of 1.83]. The interaction effects of age with DD were also statistically significant with p-value less than 0.001 for SRS and low SRS status. When age groups were analysed, it was revealed that the younger subgroup was more likely to score less on SRS if on a poor DD compared to the older subgroup, with 83% and 61% increases in occurrence in separate analyses. The younger subjects consuming diets with higher diversity on average scored higher on SRS than others (compared to this group, risk of scoring low in resilience was higher in those younger with low DD, oldest with good DD, oldest old with poor DD, as ORs were 2.39, 1.28, and 2.03 respectively). Increased consumption of vegetables, fruits and nuts proved to contribute most to the DD. The researchers may have discovered that greater diet diversity is crucial in maintaining/improving resilience in the Chinese elderly and perhaps even more important in the younger elderly. [NPID: resilience, diet diversity, Chinese, China, elderly, vegetables, fruits, FV intake, nuts]
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and physical resilience in older adults: The Seniors-ENRICA Cohort
Association between frequency of fried food consumption and resilience to depression in Japanese company workers: a cross-sectional study
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A systematic review of the association between dietary patterns and health-related quality of life
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Adherence to a Mediterranean dietary pattern is associated with higher quality of life in a cohort of Italian adults
A diet enriched with Curcumin promotes resilience to chronic social defeat stress (animal)
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Mediterranean-type diet is associated with higher psychological resilience in a general adult population: Findings from the Moli-Sani study
Dietary diversity was positively associated with psychological resilience among elders: a population-based study