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Nutrition Labelling Use and Higher Adherence to Mediterranean Diet: Results from the DiSA-UMH Study

The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the nutrition labelling (NL) use and explore its association with the adherence to Mediterranean Diet (MD) in Spanish health university students. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline data from 1026 university students aged 17–3...

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Autores principales: Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María, Torres-Collado, Laura, Valera-Gran, Desirée, Gonzalez-Palacios, Sandra, María Compañ-Gabucio, Laura, Hernández-Sánchez, Sergio, García-de-la-Hera, Manuela
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29614009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10040442
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author Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María
Torres-Collado, Laura
Valera-Gran, Desirée
Gonzalez-Palacios, Sandra
María Compañ-Gabucio, Laura
Hernández-Sánchez, Sergio
García-de-la-Hera, Manuela
author_facet Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María
Torres-Collado, Laura
Valera-Gran, Desirée
Gonzalez-Palacios, Sandra
María Compañ-Gabucio, Laura
Hernández-Sánchez, Sergio
García-de-la-Hera, Manuela
author_sort Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María
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description The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the nutrition labelling (NL) use and explore its association with the adherence to Mediterranean Diet (MD) in Spanish health university students. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline data from 1026 university students aged 17–35 years enrolled in the DiSA-UMH (Dieta, Salud y Antropometría-Universidad Miguel Hernández) cohort study. Students were asked about their NL use by the following question: “Do you usually read the nutrition labelling of packaged foods?” (No, Yes). Dietary intake was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire and the adherence to MD was measured by relative Mediterranean Diet score (rMED). Socio-demographic, lifestyle, and anthropometric variables were also collected. Multiple logistic regression models were applied for the analysis. Fifty-eight percent of the students were NL users and were most likely to be women (Odds Ratio (OR): 1.38; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.01–1.89), be older (OR per year: 1.08; 95% CI: 1.03–1.13), be physically active/very active (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.17–2.41), and spend less time watching television (OR per hour: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.74–0.95). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, our findings suggested that those university students who had higher adherence to MD used NL greatly (OR per 2 points increase: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.18–1.43) and had a larger consumption of fish (OR per 100 g/day: 1.94; 95 CI: 1.38–2.71), vegetables (OR per 100 g/day: 1.15; CI 95%: 1.08–1.12), and fruits (OR per 100 g/day: 1.22; 1.11–1.34) and a smaller intake of meats (OR per 100 g/day: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.58–0.99). Our approach contributes to exploring the role of NL use as a suitable tool to make healthier food choices from a different wider perspective based on dietary patterns such as MD, which can also indicate an overall healthy lifestyle. Given the lack of research in Mediterranean areas, further studies focused on exploring the potential role of NL in promoting healthy dietary habits are required.
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spelling pubmed-59462272018-05-15 Nutrition Labelling Use and Higher Adherence to Mediterranean Diet: Results from the DiSA-UMH Study Navarrete-Muñoz, Eva María Torres-Collado, Laura Valera-Gran, Desirée Gonzalez-Palacios, Sandra María Compañ-Gabucio, Laura Hernández-Sánchez, Sergio García-de-la-Hera, Manuela Nutrients Article The aim of this study was to identify determinants of the nutrition labelling (NL) use and explore its association with the adherence to Mediterranean Diet (MD) in Spanish health university students. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of the baseline data from 1026 university students aged 17–35 years enrolled in the DiSA-UMH (Dieta, Salud y Antropometría-Universidad Miguel Hernández) cohort study. Students were asked about their NL use by the following question: “Do you usually read the nutrition labelling of packaged foods?” (No, Yes). Dietary intake was assessed using a validated food frequency questionnaire and the adherence to MD was measured by relative Mediterranean Diet score (rMED). Socio-demographic, lifestyle, and anthropometric variables were also collected. Multiple logistic regression models were applied for the analysis. Fifty-eight percent of the students were NL users and were most likely to be women (Odds Ratio (OR): 1.38; 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 1.01–1.89), be older (OR per year: 1.08; 95% CI: 1.03–1.13), be physically active/very active (OR: 1.68; 95% CI: 1.17–2.41), and spend less time watching television (OR per hour: 0.84; 95% CI: 0.74–0.95). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, our findings suggested that those university students who had higher adherence to MD used NL greatly (OR per 2 points increase: 1.30; 95% CI: 1.18–1.43) and had a larger consumption of fish (OR per 100 g/day: 1.94; 95 CI: 1.38–2.71), vegetables (OR per 100 g/day: 1.15; CI 95%: 1.08–1.12), and fruits (OR per 100 g/day: 1.22; 1.11–1.34) and a smaller intake of meats (OR per 100 g/day: 0.76; 95% CI: 0.58–0.99). Our approach contributes to exploring the role of NL use as a suitable tool to make healthier food choices from a different wider perspective based on dietary patterns such as MD, which can also indicate an overall healthy lifestyle. Given the lack of research in Mediterranean areas, further studies focused on exploring the potential role of NL in promoting healthy dietary habits are required. MDPI 2018-04-03 /pmc/articles/PMC5946227/ /pubmed/29614009 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10040442 Text en © 2018 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/).
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Hernández-Sánchez, Sergio
García-de-la-Hera, Manuela
Nutrition Labelling Use and Higher Adherence to Mediterranean Diet: Results from the DiSA-UMH Study
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title_short Nutrition Labelling Use and Higher Adherence to Mediterranean Diet: Results from the DiSA-UMH Study
title_sort nutrition labelling use and higher adherence to mediterranean diet: results from the disa-umh study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5946227/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29614009
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10040442
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