TY - JOUR
T1 - The Role of Energy Balance in Successful Aging among Elderly Individuals
T2 - The Multinational MEDIS Study
AU - Tyrovolas, Stefanos
AU - Haro, Josep Maria
AU - Mariolis, Anargiros
AU - Piscopo, Suzanne
AU - Valacchi, Giuseppe
AU - Makri, Kornilia
AU - Zeimbekis, Akis
AU - Tyrovola, Dimitra
AU - Bountziouka, Vassiliki
AU - Gotsis, Efthimios
AU - Metallinos, George
AU - Tur, Josep Antoni
AU - Matalas, Antonia
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Polychronopoulos, Evangelos
AU - Panagiotakos, Demosthenes
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors disclosed the receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: 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.
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015/12/1
Y1 - 2015/12/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - energy balance
KW - Mediterranean diet
KW - older adults
KW - successful aging
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U2 - 10.1177/0898264315583053
DO - 10.1177/0898264315583053
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 25903982
AN - SCOPUS:84941086731
SN - 0898-2643
VL - 27
SP - 1375
EP - 1391
JO - Journal of Aging and Health
JF - Journal of Aging and Health
IS - 8
ER -