Low consumption of fruit and vegetables and risk of chronic disease: a review of the epidemiological evidence and temporal trends among Spanish graduates

Public Health Nutrition

Zenaida Vázquez-Ruiz¹  Miguel Á Martínez-González¹  Silvia Benito¹  Cristina López-del-Burgo¹  Carmen de la Fuente-Arrillaga¹  Miguel Ruiz-Canela¹ 

关键词: Cohort;    CHD;    Cancer;    Diabetes;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980011002564

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectiveTo review the evidence on the association between fruit and vegetable (F&V) consumption and risk of chronic disease, and to assess trends in the prevalence of low F&V consumption.DesignSystematic review and cross-sectional analyses of a Mediterranean cohort.SettingThe Seguimiento University of Navarra (SUN) project (Spanish dynamic cohort of graduates).SubjectsA systematic review of prospective studies aimed to assess the relationship between fruit and/or vegetables consumption and chronic disease incidence was conducted. We also assessed 18 457 university graduates (59·4 % women; mean age = 39 (sd 12) years) enrolled in a dynamic cohort with permanently open recruitment. Baseline data were collected between 1999 and 2010 using a validated 136-item FFQ. Four definitions for low F&V consumption were used (

【 授权许可】

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