Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries

Adája E. Baars; Jose R. Rubio-Valverde; Yannan Hu; Matthias Bopp; Henrik Brønnum-Hansen; Ramune Kalediene; Mall Leinsalu; Pekka Martikainen; Enrique Regidor; Chris White; Bogdan Wojtyniak; Johan P. Mackenbach; Wilma J. Nusselder

doi:10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w

Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries

Adája E. Baars^*, Jose R. Rubio-Valverde, Yannan Hu, Matthias Bopp, Henrik Brønnum-Hansen, Ramune Kalediene, Mall Leinsalu, Pekka Martikainen, Enrique Regidor, Chris White, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Johan P. Mackenbach, Wilma J. Nusselder

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Objectives: To assess to what extent educational differences in total life expectancy (TLE) and disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) could be reduced by improving fruit and vegetable consumption in ten European countries. Methods: Data from national census or registries with mortality follow-up, EU-SILC, and ESS were used in two scenarios to calculate the impact: the upward levelling scenario (exposure in low educated equals exposure in high educated) and the elimination scenario (no exposure in both groups). Results are estimated for men and women between ages 35 and 79 years. Results: Varying by country, upward levelling reduced inequalities in DFLE by 0.1–1.1 years (1–10%) in males, and by 0.0–1.3 years (0–18%) in females. Eliminating exposure reduced inequalities in DFLE between 0.6 and 1.7 years for males (6–15%), and between 0.1 years and 1.8 years for females (3–20%). Conclusions: Upward levelling of fruit and vegetable consumption would have a small, positive effect on both TLE and DFLE, and could potentially reduce inequalities in TLE and DFLE.

Original language	English
Journal	International Journal of Public Health
Volume	64
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	861-872
Number of pages	12
ISSN	1661-8556
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w
Publication status	Published - 2019

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Disability-free life expectancy
Fruit and vegetable consumption
Socioeconomic inequalities
Total life expectancy

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Baars, A. E., Rubio-Valverde, J. R., Hu, Y., Bopp, M., Brønnum-Hansen, H., Kalediene, R., Leinsalu, M., Martikainen, P., Regidor, E., White, C., Wojtyniak, B., Mackenbach, J. P., & Nusselder, W. J. (2019). Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries. International Journal of Public Health, 64(6), 861-872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w

Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries. / Baars, Adája E.; Rubio-Valverde, Jose R.; Hu, Yannan et al.

In: International Journal of Public Health, Vol. 64, No. 6, 2019, p. 861-872.

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Baars, AE, Rubio-Valverde, JR, Hu, Y, Bopp, M, Brønnum-Hansen, H, Kalediene, R, Leinsalu, M, Martikainen, P, Regidor, E, White, C, Wojtyniak, B, Mackenbach, JP & Nusselder, WJ 2019, 'Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries', International Journal of Public Health, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 861-872. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00038-019-01253-w

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and its contribution to inequalities in life expectancy and disability-free life expectancy in ten European countries

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