Associations between the mediterranean diet and sleep in older adults: Results from the hellenic longitudinal investigation of aging and diet study.
Eirini MamalakiCostas A AnastasiouEva NtanasiAngeliki TsapanouMary H KosmidisEfthimios DardiotisGiorgos M HadjigeorgiouParaskevi SakkaNikolaos ScarmeasMary YannakouliaPublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2018)
The present results suggest that sleep quality is associated with MeDi adherence in older adults; there are also age-specific associations between sleep quality and the MeDi. Although additional studies are required, improvements in diet quality should be considered in the context of sleep management interventions in older individuals. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 1543-1548.