Association between healthy eating index and sleep quality and duration in older adults: findings from the NeLSA cohort Study, Iran
Haniyeh Khalafinejad, Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Amin Sharifi, Seyed Mostafa Arabi, Mahnaz Amini, Reza Rezvani · 2026
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Haniyeh Khalafinejad and colleagues ask in 2026 whether eating quality tracks with sleep in older Iranians. Baseline data from a Neyshabur aging cohort covered 2,026 adults aged 60 and over. A food questionnaire fed a healthy eating score, while a standard index graded sleep quality and length.
Women reported worse and shorter sleep than men. Across all participants, eating score showed no firm link with either sleep quality or sleep length after adjustment. Among women alone, the highest eating group hinted at less short sleep, just short of statistical confidence. The authors suggest other health factors may dominate the diet-sleep tie.
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| CREATOR | Haniyeh Khalafinejad, Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Amin Sharifi, Seyed Mostafa Arabi, Mahnaz Amini, Reza Rezvani |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 33797 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |