Nutritional epidemiology and age-related chronic disease; age-related eye disease; periodontal disease; vitamin D; diet patterns
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UB research on postmenopausal women identifies associations between commonly eaten foods and the diversity and composition of oral bacteria.
Study participants who ate a Western diet were three times more likely to have late-stage age-related macular degeneration.