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• The study 'Nut consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer, all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies' by Aune D, Keum N, Giovannucci E, et al. was published in BMC Medicine in 2016 (14: 207).
• The study 'Whole grain consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all cause and cause specific mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies' by Aune D, Keum N, Giovannucci E, et al. was published in the BMJ in 2016 (353: i2716).
• Heidemann et al. (2008) conducted a prospective cohort study of women finding associations between dietary patterns and the risk of mortality from cardiovascular disease, cancer, and all causes.
• Four non-communicable disease (NCD) dietary metrics—the Mediterranean Diet Score, Alternative Healthy Eating Index, Healthy Eating Index, and Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension—have convincing evidence of protective associations with specific NCD outcomes, including mortality, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and total cancer.
• In the publications reviewed, researchers captured a total of 95 health and disease-related outcomes, with the most frequent categories being cancer (n=22, 23.2%), cardiovascular diseases (n=20, 21.1%), mortality/deaths averted/years of life saved (n=15, 15.8%), type 2 diabetes (n=12, 12.6%), and stroke (n=10, 10.5%).
• The research team developed 10 categories for health outcomes: cancer; cardiovascular diseases; mortality, number of deaths averted, or years of life saved (non-specific disease); type 2 diabetes; stroke; disability-adjusted life year (DALY) (non-specific disease); weight, overweight, or obesity; composite health indicators; quality-adjusted life year (QALY) or quality of life (QOL) related to non-specific diseases; or other.
• The study 'Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of cardiovascular disease, total cancer and all-cause mortality: a systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies' by Aune D, Giovannucci E, Boffetta P, et al. was published in the International Journal of Epidemiology in 2016.
• The authors of the editorial 'Dietary diversity indicators: cultural preferences and health outcomes' evaluated the relationship between the dietary diversity score (DDS) and mortality from all-cause, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and cancer in an adult Mediterranean population.