Dairy product intake and mortality in a cohort of 70-year-old Swedes: a contribution to the Nordic diet discussion.

Based on our results, it may be argued that the role of dairy products in the context of a Nordic healthy diet should be more clearly defined by disaggregating cheese and milk products and not necessarily focusing on dairy fat content. Future epidemiological research should consider dairy products as disaggregated food items due to their great diversity in health properties.