Open AccessTotal Meat Intake is Associated with Life Expectancy: A Cross-Sectional Data Analysis of 175 Contemporary Populations
Author(s) -
Wenpeng You,
Renata Henneberg,
Arthur Saniotis,
Yanfei Ge,
Maciej Henneberg
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of general medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.722
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 1178-7074
DOI - 10.2147/ijgm.s333004
Subject(s) - life expectancy , bivariate analysis , confounding , medicine , demography , obesity , population , environmental health , cross sectional study , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
The association between a plant-based diet (vegetarianism) and extended life span is increasingly criticised since it may be based on the lack of representative data and insufficient removal of confounders such as lifestyles.