Socioecological determinants of chronic disease multimorbidity in high-altitude Tibetan populations: a cross-sectional study
Yuanwu Zou, Lin Nan, Chen Chen, Xiaoxing Liu, Ciren Lamu, Huilan Feng, Lingxia Zeng · 2026
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Yuanwu Zou and six colleagues studied in 2026 how eating patterns relate to chronic disease among people living at high altitude in Tibetan areas of China. National nutrition surveys rarely reach these regions, where food habits differ sharply. The team used food frequency questionnaires with 606 residents, extracted five dietary patterns statistically, and compared disease rates across low, middle, and high adherence to each pattern.
About four in ten participants reported at least one chronic disease. Patterns heavy in salt, carbohydrate, and fat, and a meat-heavy high protein pattern, both linked to more disease, as did smoking and local tea drinking. A traditional Tibetan pattern and regular physical exercise linked to less disease. The results give local health planners a picture of which habits to encourage and which to challenge.
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| CREATOR | Yuanwu Zou, Lin Nan, Chen Chen, Xiaoxing Liu, Ciren Lamu, Huilan Feng, Lingxia Zeng |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 38793 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |