Adherence
Intakes of healthful foods generally increase with age, while intakes of less healthful foods generally decrease, suggesting age-related dietary improvements or cohort effects.
Older adults tend to consume more healthful foods and fewer less healthful foods than younger adults. This suggests that dietary habits may improve with age, or that older cohorts have different dietary patterns. Younger individuals may benefit from adopting these healthier eating patterns earlier in life.
Intakes of healthful foods were generally higher and of less healthful foods generally lower at older ages.
Why this rating
Based on robust global data, but observational in nature regarding age trends.
Source
Global, regional and national consumption of major food groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis including 266 country-specific nutrition surveys worldwide
Renata Micha et al. · BMJ Open · 2015
DOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008705
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