Food biodiversity and total and cause-specific mortality in 9 European countries: An analysis of a prospective cohort study.
Giles T Hanley-CookInge HuybrechtsCarine BiessyRoseline RemansGina KennedyMelanie Deschasaux-TanguyKris A MurrayMathilde TouvierGuri SkeieEmmanuelle Kesse-GuyotAlemayehu A ArgawCorinne CasagrandeGeneviève NicolasPaolo VineisChristopher J MillettElisabete WeiderpassPietro FerrariChristina Catherine DahmH Bas Bueno-de-MesquitaTorkjel M SandangerDaniel B IbsenHeinz FreislingStina RamneFranziska JannaschYvonne T van der SchouwMatthias Bernd SchulzeKonstantinos K TsilidisAnne TjønnelandEva ArdanazStina BodénLluís CireraGiuliana GarganoJytte HalkjærAntonio AgudoIngegerd JohanssonVerena A KatzkeGiovanna MasalaSalvatore PanicoMiguel Rodríguez BarrancoCarlotta SacerdoteBernard SrourRosario TuminoElio RiboliMarc J GunterAndrew D JonesCarl K LachatPublished in: PLoS medicine (2021)
In this large Pan-European cohort, higher DSR was inversely associated with total and cause-specific mortality, independent of sociodemographic, lifestyle, and other known dietary risk factors. Our findings support the potential of food (species) biodiversity as a guiding principle of sustainable dietary recommendations and food-based dietary guidelines.