Greater adherence to the alternative healthy eating index is associated with lower incidence of physical function impairment in the nurses' health study

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1341-1347

  Hagan, Kaitlin A ^a,b   Chiuve, Stephanie E ^a,b   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,b   Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Diet quality; Epidemiology; Longitudinal cohort study; Nurses' Health Study; Physical function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPLE; ARTICLE; DIETARY COMPLIANCE; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LEAF LETTUCE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; ORANGE JUICE; PEAR; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT FORM 36; SUGAR INTAKE; VEGETABLE; WALNUT; DIET; DISABLED PERSON; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84977594625     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.227900     Document Type: Article

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