Reducing the risk of diabetes and obesity, and adhering to the "plant-based diet" for a long time have many benefits 2022EASD

Translator: Wensi Yichang Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital (Affiliated Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital of China Three Gorges University)

Introduction: On September 19-23, 2022, the international conference in the field of endocrinology "2022 European Association for Diabetes Research Annual Conference" was held
in Stockholm, Sweden in the form of "online + offline".

At the meeting, some scholars shared a research report
entitled "The relationship between plant-based diet index and obesity and metabolic diseases in the Chinese population".

After 10 years of follow-up, adhering to the "plant-based diet" has benefited a lot

Chinese food culture has been rich in plant-based food elements
since ancient times.

The Plant-Based Diet Index is often used to assess diet quality, and a high Plant-Based Diet Index can bring many benefits, but whether there is a correlation between the Plant-Based Diet Index and obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes is currently under-data-based
.

The data from the study are from the China Nutrition and Health Survey
.

A total of 11,580 people participated in the survey between 2004 and 2006, and were followed up until 2009 or 2015, with a follow-up rate of 73.
4%.


The subjects recorded 3 24-hour dietary intakes, and then calculated the overall plant-based diet indice (PDI) and healthy plant-based diet indice (hPDI)
through the Chinese food ingredient specification.

The study endpoints were overweight/obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes, and the hazard ratio (HR) and dose-response relationship
were assessed using the Cox proportional risk model and the restriction three-spline.

After an average of more than 10 years of follow-up, it was found that the findings were analyzed as follows:

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In people aged <55 years, there was a significant negative association
between PDI/hPDI ratio and overweight/obesity, hypertension, and type 2 diabetes.

Summary of this article

For Chinese, especially under the age of 55, adhering to a plant-based diet can help reduce the risk
of obesity, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes.

Further understanding of the correlation between plant-based diets and chronic diseases will also be needed in the future, which will help develop dietary strategies
to prevent diabetes, high blood pressure and related chronic diseases.

Introduction of translators

Literature

Attending physician, master student;

Completed the standardized training of resident physicians in West China Hospital of Sichuan University, studied in Hubei Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and published 2 SCIs;

Specialty: diabetes, thyroid disease and osteoporosis
.