Cognitive performance among the elderly in relation to the intake of plant foods. the hordaland health study

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1190-1201

  Nurk, Eha ^a,b   Refsum, Helga ^a,c   Drevon, Christian A ^a   Tell, Grethe S ^d   Nygaard, Harald A ^d,e   Engedal, Knut ^f   Smith, A David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e NKS Olaviken Hospital for Old Age Psychiatry   (Norway)

^f OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Fruits; Grain products; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOCK DESIGN; BREAD; CARROT; CITRUS FRUIT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED ORAL WORD ASSOCIATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GRAIN; HUMAN; KENDRICK OBJECT LEARNING TEST TRAIL MAKING TEST PART A; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MUSHROOM; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POTATO; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; VALIDATION STUDY; VEGETABLE; AGARICALES; CEREAL; FRUIT; NUT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CITRUS; DAUCUS CAROTA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

AGARICALES; AGED; CEREALS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; NUTS; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VEGETABLES;

EID: 78049492111     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001807     Document Type: Article

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