ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition2022
Development of an EAT-Lancet index and its relation to mortality in a Swedish population.
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- The Health and Environmental Impacts, Safety, and Affordability of the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet: A Multidisciplinary Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Pooled it
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- Association between EAT-Lancet diet adherence and cancer incidence/mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Pooled it
- Planetary Health Diet and risk of mortality and chronic diseases: Results from US NHANES, UK Biobank, and a meta-analysis.Science advances · 2025Pooled it
- Plant-based and sustainable diet: A systematic review of its impact on obesity.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- Sustainable Diets and Cancer: a Systematic Review.Current nutrition reports · 2022Pooled it
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- Planetary Health Diet Index and breast cancer risk.British journal of cancer · 2026Article
- Urinary Hypaphorine as a Candidate Marker of FFQ-Derived Legume Intake Within the EAT-Lancet Framework in Free-Living Adults.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Assessing alignment of Swiss diets with the EAT-Lancet Planetary Health Diet recommendations.BMC global and public health · 2026Article
- Adherence to a Chinese planetary health diet, environmental impacts, and all-cause mortality risk: a prospective cohort study from the China Health and Nutrition Survey.European journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Association Between EAT-Lancet Diet Adherence and Sleep Quality in Lactating Women: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Association Between the Planetary Health Diet Index and Serum Uric Acid Levels and Incident Hyperuricemia: Findings From an Iranian Prospective Cohort Study.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- EAT-Lancet Diet, Plasma Metabolites, and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2026Article
- Urinary carnosine links diet quality with one-carbon and lipid metabolism: insights from an interpretive framework for imidazole metabolites.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
- Evaluating the Effect of the EAT-Lancet Diet on Pemphigus Vulgaris Severity: Insights From a Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
- Sustainable diets and long-term cardiovascular disease outcomes; insights from the 20-year follow-up ATTICA study (2002-2022).European journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Association of dietary patterns with mortality and life expectancy by frailty status: Evidence from the UK Biobank.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Trends in Planetary Health Diet Index for the United States (PHDI-US) Scores and Associations With Mortality Risk in the United States Between 1999 and 2020.Food science & nutrition · 2026Article
- Planetary health diet: dissecting the link between diet, mortality risk and heart age from a 16-year follow-up of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study.European journal of nutrition · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundCurrent global food systems threaten human health and environmental sustainability. In 2019, the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems defined the first global reference diet to improve both areas, but there is no consensus on how to quantify the EAT-Lancet reference diet as a diet index, and its relation to mortality has not been widely studied.
objectivesWe sought to develop a new dietary index to quantify adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet and assess its association with mortality in a large, population-based Swedish cohort. We also examined food components included in the index and their individual associations with mortality.
methodsWe used the Malmö Diet and Cancer cohort (n = 22,421; 45-73 years old at baseline). Dietary data were collected using a modified diet history method. The EAT-Lancet index was developed based on intake levels and reference intervals of 14 food components defined in the EAT-Lancet diet (0-3 points per component; 0-42 points in total). Associations with mortality were examined based on registers during a mean of 20 years of follow-up and were adjusted for potential confounders.
resultsDivided into 5 adherence groups, the highest adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet (≥23 points) was associated with lower all-cause mortality (HR, 0.75; 95% CI, 0.67-0.85), cancer mortality (HR, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.63-0.92), and cardiovascular mortality (HR, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.54-0.84) than the lowest adherence (≤13 points). Several food components included in the index contributed to the observed reductions in mortality.
conclusionsWe developed a new dietary index to investigate adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet. The findings indicate a 25% lower risk of mortality among those with the highest adherence to the EAT-Lancet diet, as defined using our index, which adds to the evidence base for the development of sustainable dietary guidelines.
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