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Live to eat and eat to live longer

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If people with unhealthy or typical dietary patterns in the UK were to follow the Eatwell Guide recommendations or longevity-associated dietary patterns, they would likely see substantial gains in life expectancy.

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A.A. is supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre.

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  1. Diabetes Trials Unit, Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK

    Amanda Adler & Rhea Saksena

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Adler, A., Saksena, R. Live to eat and eat to live longer. Nat Food 4, 1029–1030 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43016-023-00898-4

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