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Dietary quality (DQ) is a term that reflects a concept of desirable diet, used widely for assessing relationship with cancer or disease risk (Reedy et al. 2014). Nowadays, dietary patterns have been used as an indicator of DQ in epidemiology study, rather than single nutrients or food groups. Zazpe et al. (2014) reported that in 16,000 middle-aged Spanish adults, 47% reduction of all-cause mortality risk was found in the highest adherence to the Mediterranean dietary patterns’ group consuming rich vegetables, fruits, fish, and olive oil.
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The authors express special gratitude to the health care services division in ward A, Japan for their considerable efforts and to all of the participants. The study was funded by a grant from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (Hone0-Health-042), and a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2011–2013 A. No. 3246102). We are also grateful for financial support from the Mitsubishi Foundation (2009–2021) in 2009.
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Kodama, S. (2018). SES, Dietary Quality, Emotional Well-Being, and a Five-Year Subjective Health in Middle-Age. In: Hoshi, T., Kodama, S. (eds) The Structure of Healthy Life Determinants. International Perspectives on Aging, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6629-0_9
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