Caloric restriction, the traditional okinawan diet, and healthy aging: The diet of the world's longest-lived people and its potential impact on morbidity and life span

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1114, Issue , 2007, Pages 434-455

  Willcox, Bradley J ^a,b   Willcox, D Craig ^a,c   Todoriki, Hidemi ^d   Fujiyoshi, Akira ^b   Yano, Katsuhiko ^a   He, Qimei ^a   Curb, J David ^a,b   Suzuki, Makoto ^d,e  

^a PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Okayama Prefectural University   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^e Okinawa Research Center for Longevity Science   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomarker; Caloric restriction; DHEA; Healthy aging; Human; Life span; Longevity; Okinawa

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PRASTERONE;

AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALORIC INTAKE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FEMALE; HEALTHY AGING; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OKINAWAN DIET; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35948936851     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1396.037     Document Type: Conference Paper

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