Plant centric healthy diet in youth lowers risk of emphysema in middle age

Healthy dietary patterns during middle and late adulthood have been associated with a lower risk of Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . However, the association of diet during young adulthood with respiratory health over the life course is unknown.

A new study investigated whether greater adherence to a nutritionally rich plant-centred diet in young adulthood is associated with reduced longitudinal lung function decline and decreased incidence of radiographic emphysema.

A total of 3850 young adults from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Lung study administered and validated diet history. Lung function was assessed through spirometry performed at different exam years. It was found that greater intake of a plant-centred diet was associated with less decline in forced expiratory volume and forced vital capacity (FVC) throughout the follow-up period; these associations were most pronounced during the first 10 years of follow up. The researchers concluded that consumption of a high-quality plant-centred diet in young adulthood was associated with less lung function decline over 30 years. Among current or former smokers, adherence to a plant-centred diet was associated with a lower risk of developing radiographic emphysema over 25 years.

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