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Low Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Isolated Adolescents: The Mediation Effects of Stress

Loneliness perception during adolescence has been increased dramatically in recent years. Changes in lifestyle and difficulties in social interaction could explain this increased phenomenon. As described in previous research, this fact has been associated with the development of high stress levels a...

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Autores principales: Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario, Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia, Ruiz-Robledillo, Nicolás, Rubio-Aparicio, María, Laguna-Pérez, Ana, Zaragoza-Martí, Ana
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121894
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author Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario
Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia
Ruiz-Robledillo, Nicolás
Rubio-Aparicio, María
Laguna-Pérez, Ana
Zaragoza-Martí, Ana
author_facet Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario
Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia
Ruiz-Robledillo, Nicolás
Rubio-Aparicio, María
Laguna-Pérez, Ana
Zaragoza-Martí, Ana
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collection PubMed
description Loneliness perception during adolescence has been increased dramatically in recent years. Changes in lifestyle and difficulties in social interaction could explain this increased phenomenon. As described in previous research, this fact has been associated with the development of high stress levels and dysfunctional lifestyles, in which eating habits play a main role. In this regard, loneliness has been classically associated with poor eating habits, fundamentally the consumption of processed food with little nutritional value. However, the relationship between loneliness and healthy eating patterns, such as the Mediterranean Diet (MD), has not been previously analyzed. The main aim of the present study was to identify the relationship between perceived loneliness, stress, dietary habits, and adherence to the MD in a sample of 527 Spanish adolescents. The obtained results show a significant association between high perceived loneliness and high stress levels with lower MD adherence. Hence, adolescents with high perceived loneliness exhibit poor dietary habits in comparison to those counterparts with low perceived loneliness. Mediation analyses demonstrated an indirect effect of the loneliness on adherence to the MD through the mediation effect of stress. These findings point out a possible mechanism that underlies the classic association between loneliness and health deterioration, based on a poor adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, such as the MD.
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spelling pubmed-63155832019-01-08 Low Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Isolated Adolescents: The Mediation Effects of Stress Ferrer-Cascales, Rosario Albaladejo-Blázquez, Natalia Ruiz-Robledillo, Nicolás Rubio-Aparicio, María Laguna-Pérez, Ana Zaragoza-Martí, Ana Nutrients Article Loneliness perception during adolescence has been increased dramatically in recent years. Changes in lifestyle and difficulties in social interaction could explain this increased phenomenon. As described in previous research, this fact has been associated with the development of high stress levels and dysfunctional lifestyles, in which eating habits play a main role. In this regard, loneliness has been classically associated with poor eating habits, fundamentally the consumption of processed food with little nutritional value. However, the relationship between loneliness and healthy eating patterns, such as the Mediterranean Diet (MD), has not been previously analyzed. The main aim of the present study was to identify the relationship between perceived loneliness, stress, dietary habits, and adherence to the MD in a sample of 527 Spanish adolescents. The obtained results show a significant association between high perceived loneliness and high stress levels with lower MD adherence. Hence, adolescents with high perceived loneliness exhibit poor dietary habits in comparison to those counterparts with low perceived loneliness. Mediation analyses demonstrated an indirect effect of the loneliness on adherence to the MD through the mediation effect of stress. These findings point out a possible mechanism that underlies the classic association between loneliness and health deterioration, based on a poor adherence to a healthy dietary pattern, such as the MD. MDPI 2018-12-03 /pmc/articles/PMC6315583/ /pubmed/30513937 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121894 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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Low Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet in Isolated Adolescents: The Mediation Effects of Stress
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6315583/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30513937
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10121894
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