Does Fruit and Vegetable Consumption During Adolescence Predict Adult Depression? A Longitudinal Study of US Adolescents

BACKGROUND The Wellness Environment App Study is a longitudinal study focused on promoting health in college students. OBJECTIVE The two aims of this study are: 1) to assess physical activity (PA) variation across days of the week and throughout the academic year and 2) to explore the correlates that were associated with PA concurrently and longitudinally. METHODS Participants were asked to report their wellness and risk behaviors on a 14-item daily survey through a smartphone app. Each student was provided an Apple Watch to track their real-time PA. Data were collected from 805 college students from Sept 2017 to early May 2018. Data was analyzed in 2020. RESULTS Females were significantly more active than male college students. Students were significantly more active during the weekday than weekend. Temporal patterns were also revealed that students were less active during Thanksgiving, Winter, and Spring breaks. Strong concurrent positive correlations were found between higher PA and self-reported happy mood, 8+h sleep, ≥ 1 fruit, and vegetable consumption, ≥ 4 bottles of water intake, and ≤2h screen time (p<.0001). Similar longitudinal associations were found that the previous day wellness behaviors independently predicted the next day higher PA except for mood. Conversely, the higher previous day PA levels were associated with better mood, more fruit and vegetable consumption, less screen time but higher liquor consumption the next day. CONCLUSIONS The study provides comprehensive surveillance on a longitudinal PA pattern and its independent association with a variety of wellness and risk behaviors in college students.

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Lifestyle changes associated with participation in colorectal cancer screening: Prospective data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Journal of Medical Screening ◽

10.1177/0969141318803973 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (2) ◽

pp. 84-91 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claire Stevens ◽

Samuel G Smith ◽

Charlotte Vrinten ◽

Jo Waller ◽

Rebecca J Beeken

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Longitudinal Study ◽

Cancer Screening ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Vigorous Physical Activity ◽

Health Behaviours ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽

Teachable Moment ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

English Longitudinal Study

Objectives Population-based cancer screening has been described as a teachable moment for behaviour change. This research examined the effect of faecal occult blood testing (FOBT) participation on smoking, alcohol consumption, fruit and vegetable consumption and physical activity. Setting Data were from screening-naïve men within the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, receiving their first FOBT invitation (n = 774). Four waves of data were included in analyses (wave 4, 2008/2009 – wave 7, 2014/2015). Baseline data were from the wave prior to FOBT invitation, and follow-up data were from the next consecutive wave (two years later). Methods The effects of FOBT participation, time and group-by-time interactions on health behaviours were investigated using generalised estimating equations. Almost two-thirds of the sample (62.5%; n = 484) had participated in FOBT. Results Screening participants were less likely to smoke (odds ratio (OR): 0.45, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.29–0.68) and more likely to meet fruit and vegetable consumption guidelines (OR: 1.70, 95% CI: 1.14–2.55). Smoking decreased over time (OR: 0.74, 95% CI: 0.62–0.89), but adherence to alcohol guidelines also decreased (OR: 0.71, 95% CI: 0.53–0.91). A group-by-time interaction was found for vigorous physical activity; the odds of taking part in vigorous physical activity increased for FOBT participants, but decreased for non-participants (OR: 1.40, 95% CI: 1.01–1.95). Conclusions This research provides tentative support for FOBT as a teachable moment for increasing vigorous physical activity. However, overall, there was limited evidence for spontaneous improvement in multiple health behaviours following participation.

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Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Incident Prefrailty and Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older People: The English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Nutrients ◽

10.3390/nu12123882 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (12) ◽

pp. 3882

Author(s):

Gotaro Kojima ◽

Steve Iliffe ◽

Stephen Jivraj ◽

Kate Walters

Keyword(s):

Longitudinal Study ◽

Older People ◽

Vegetable Consumption ◽

Panel Study ◽

Community Dwelling ◽

Fruit And Vegetable Consumption ◽

Fruit And Vegetable ◽

Frailty Phenotype ◽

Logistic Regression Models ◽

English Longitudinal Study

Background: There is limited evidence in the literature regarding associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of frailty. Objective: To examine associations between fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of incident frailty and incident prefrailty/frailty. Design: A prospective panel study. Setting and Subjects: 2634 non-frail community-dwelling men and women aged 60 years or older from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA). Methods: Fruit and vegetable consumption/day was measured using a self-completion questionnaire at baseline. Frailty status was measured at baseline and follow-up was based on modified frailty phenotype criteria. Four-year incident frailty was examined among 2634 robust or prefrail participants, and incident prefrailty/frailty was measured among 1577 robust participants. Results: Multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for age, gender, and other confounders showed that fruit and vegetable consumption was not associated with incident frailty risks among robust or prefrail participants. However, robust participants consuming 5–7.5 portions of 80 g per day (odds ratio (OR) = 0.56, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.37–0.85, p < 0.01) and 7.5–10 portions per day (OR = 0.46, 95%CI = 0.27–0.77, p < 0.01) had significantly lower risk of incident prefrailty/frailty compared with those consuming 0–2.5 portions/day, whereas those consuming 10 or more portions/day did not (OR = 1.10, 95%CI = 0.54–2.26, p = 0.79). Analysis repeated with fruit and vegetable separately showed overall similar results. Conclusions: Robust older adults without frailty who eat current U.K. government recommendations for fruit and vegetable consumption (5–10 portions/day) had significantly reduced risks of incident prefrailty/frailty compared with those who only eat small amount (0–2.5 portions/day). Older people can be advised that eating sufficient amounts of fruit and vegetable may be beneficial for frailty prevention.

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