Survey Europe on Nutrition in the Elderly (SENECA)
The SENECA study aimed to explore cross-cultural differences in nutrition, lifestyle, health, and performance of elderly European people in a baseline study, and to longitudinally test specific hypotheses of healthy ageing. Participants were born between 1913 and 1918 in 19 towns of 10,000 to 20,000 inhabitants across 12 European countries. Baseline data collection was from 1988 to 1989, with over 2,500 participants, and a subset of participants were followed up in 1993 and 1999.
Study design
Cohort
Number of participants at first data collection
2,586 (participants)
Age at first data collection
≥ 70 years (participants)
Participant year of birth
1913 - 1918 (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
1988
Primary Institutions
Wageningen University & Research (WUR)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
European Union (EU)
Ongoing?
No
Data types collected
- Activity log (e.g. food, sleep, exercise)
- Interview – face-to-face
- Physical or biological assessment (e.g. blood, saliva, gait, grip strength, anthropometry)
- None
- None
- None
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
