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ArticleThe American journal of clinical nutrition2025

Associations between flavonoid-rich food and flavonoid intakes and incident unhealthy aging outcomes in older United States males and females.

Nicola P Bondonno, Yan Lydia Liu, Francine Grodstein, Eric B Rimm, Aedín Cassidy

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Nicola P BondonnoCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, North Ireland; Institute for Nutrition Research, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia; Danish Cancer Society Research Centre (DCRC), Copenhagen, Denmark.
Yan Lydia LiuDepartment Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Francine GrodsteinRush Alzheimer's Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States; Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago, IL, United States.
Eric B RimmDepartment Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States.
Aedín CassidyCo-Centre for Sustainable Food Systems and Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University Belfast, North Ireland. Electronic address: a.cassidy@qub.ac.uk.

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backgroundOur knowledge of the importance of flavonoid-rich foods in preventing unhealthy aging across its different domains is limited.

objectivesThis study aimed to examine prospective associations between flavonoid-rich food and flavonoid intakes and indicators of unhealthy aging, namely frailty, impaired physical function, and poor mental health.

methodsWe followed up 62,743 females and 23,687 males, all aged ≥60 y, from the Nurses' Health Study (1990-2014) and Health Professionals Follow-up Study (2006-2018), respectively. Both time-updated and change in intakes of a flavodiet score (an aggregate of intakes of major flavonoid-rich foods and beverages) and individual flavonoid-rich foods and beverages and time-updated intakes of total flavonoids and flavonoid subclasses were calculated from food frequency questionnaires collected at baseline and every subsequent 4 y. Associations with incident frailty, impaired physical function, and poor mental health, assessed from self-reported questionnaire responses, were examined with multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards models.

resultsIn the Nurses' Health Study, participants with the highest flavodiet scores, compared with the lowest, had a 15% lower risk of frailty (HR

conclusionsHigh intakes of flavonoid-rich foods may support healthy aging. Further research is needed, including examining sex-specific associations, as incorporating flavonoid-rich foods in the diet may be a simple strategy to support healthy aging.

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AgingDietFlavonoidsFrailtyAgedFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedProspective StudiesUnited StatesFlavonoidsflavodiet scoreflavonoidsfrailtyhealthy agingmental healthphysical function

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PMCPMC12107487

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