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Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study
Little is known about the factors which might influence the adherence to a Mediterranean diet in non-Mediterranean European countries. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to determine the associations between socioeconomic, psychological, and physical factors on a Mediterranean diet. In this cr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020177 |
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author | Novak, Dario Štefan, Lovro Prosoli, Rebeka Emeljanovas, Arunas Mieziene, Brigita Milanović, Ivana Radisavljević-Janić, Snežana |
author_facet | Novak, Dario Štefan, Lovro Prosoli, Rebeka Emeljanovas, Arunas Mieziene, Brigita Milanović, Ivana Radisavljević-Janić, Snežana |
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description | Little is known about the factors which might influence the adherence to a Mediterranean diet in non-Mediterranean European countries. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to determine the associations between socioeconomic, psychological, and physical factors on a Mediterranean diet. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 14–18-year-old adolescents (N = 3071) from two non-Mediterranean countries: Lithuania (N = 1863) and Serbia (N = 1208). The dependent variable was Mediterranean diet, and was assessed with the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents questionnaire. Independent variables were gender, body-mass index, self-rated health, socioeconomic status, psychological distress, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. The associations between dependent and independent variables were analyzed by using logistic regression. Results showed that higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with higher self-rated health, socioeconomic status, and physical activity, yet low adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with being female, having higher body-mass index, psychological distress, and sedentary behavior. Our findings suggest that future studies need to explore associations between lifestyle habits—especially in target populations, such as primary and secondary school students. |
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spelling | pubmed-53316082017-03-13 Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study Novak, Dario Štefan, Lovro Prosoli, Rebeka Emeljanovas, Arunas Mieziene, Brigita Milanović, Ivana Radisavljević-Janić, Snežana Nutrients Article Little is known about the factors which might influence the adherence to a Mediterranean diet in non-Mediterranean European countries. Thus, the main purpose of this study was to determine the associations between socioeconomic, psychological, and physical factors on a Mediterranean diet. In this cross-sectional study, participants were 14–18-year-old adolescents (N = 3071) from two non-Mediterranean countries: Lithuania (N = 1863) and Serbia (N = 1208). The dependent variable was Mediterranean diet, and was assessed with the Mediterranean Diet Quality Index for children and adolescents questionnaire. Independent variables were gender, body-mass index, self-rated health, socioeconomic status, psychological distress, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. The associations between dependent and independent variables were analyzed by using logistic regression. Results showed that higher adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with higher self-rated health, socioeconomic status, and physical activity, yet low adherence to a Mediterranean diet was associated with being female, having higher body-mass index, psychological distress, and sedentary behavior. Our findings suggest that future studies need to explore associations between lifestyle habits—especially in target populations, such as primary and secondary school students. MDPI 2017-02-22 /pmc/articles/PMC5331608/ /pubmed/28241432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020177 Text en © 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Novak, Dario Štefan, Lovro Prosoli, Rebeka Emeljanovas, Arunas Mieziene, Brigita Milanović, Ivana Radisavljević-Janić, Snežana Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title | Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title_full | Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title_fullStr | Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title_short | Mediterranean Diet and Its Correlates among Adolescents in Non-Mediterranean European Countries: A Population-Based Study |
title_sort | mediterranean diet and its correlates among adolescents in non-mediterranean european countries: a population-based study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5331608/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28241432 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu9020177 |
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