Impact of diet and lifestyle on frailty prevention

An appropriate diet and a healthy lifestyle including non-smoking, a normal weight and regular physical activity can reduce the risk for cancer and cardiovascular disease effectively. According to epidemiological data women who were least adherent to nutrition and lifestyle recommendation are characterized by a 3fold higher hazard of dying from cancer and a 4fold increase with regard to cardiovascular death. Evidently the impact of diet and lifestyle on cancer and cardiovascular disease goes beyond the effects of classical risk factors and may target inflammatory processes, epigenetic modification and the intestinal microbiome.
Source: Maturitas - Category: Primary Care Authors: Tags: INV3 Source Type: research