Changes in plant-based diet quality and health-related quality of life in women.
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SUBMITTER: Baden MY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7554085 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
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Changes in plant-based diet quality and health-related quality of life in women.
Baden Megu Y MY Kino Shiho S Liu Xiaoran X Li Yanping Y Kim Yongjoo Y Kubzansky Laura D LD Pan An A Okereke Olivia I OI Willett Walter C WC Hu Frank B FB Kawachi Ichiro I
The British journal of nutrition 20200609 9
Few studies have evaluated the association between a healthful plant-based diet and health-related quality of life (HRQoL). We followed 50 290 women in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS; 1992-2000) and 51 784 women in NHSII (1993-2001) for 8 years to investigate changes in plant-based diet quality in relation to changes in physical and mental HRQoL. Plant-based diet quality was assessed by three plant-based diet indices: overall plant-based diet index (PDI), healthful PDI (hPDI) and unhealthful PDI ...[more]
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