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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students

The aims of this study were to assess the association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) with physical fitness and body composition in Spanish university students and to determine the ability to predict the MD adherence of each Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) item. A cross-sec...

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Autores principales: Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel, Garrido-Miguel, Miriam, Soriano-Cano, Alba, Ferri-Morales, Asunción, Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente, Martín-Espinosa, Noelia María
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31752296
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112830
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author Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel
Garrido-Miguel, Miriam
Soriano-Cano, Alba
Ferri-Morales, Asunción
Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente
Martín-Espinosa, Noelia María
author_facet Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel
Garrido-Miguel, Miriam
Soriano-Cano, Alba
Ferri-Morales, Asunción
Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente
Martín-Espinosa, Noelia María
author_sort Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel
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description The aims of this study were to assess the association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) with physical fitness and body composition in Spanish university students and to determine the ability to predict the MD adherence of each Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) item. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 310 first-year university students. Adherence to the MD was evaluated with MEDAS-14 items. Anthropometric variables, body composition, and physical fitness were assessed. Muscle strength was determined based on handgrip strength and the standing long jump test. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) was measured using the Course–Navette test. Only 24% of the university students had good adherence to the MD. The ANCOVA models showed a significant difference between participants with high adherence to the MD and those with medium and low adherence in CRF (p = 0.017) and dynamometry (p = 0.005). Logistic binary regression showed that consuming >2 vegetables/day (OR = 20.1; CI: 10.1–30.1; p < 0.001), using olive oil (OR = 10.6; CI: 1.4–19.8; p = 0.021), consuming <3 commercial sweets/week (OR = 10.1; IC: 5.1–19.7; p < 0.001), and consuming ≥3 fruits/day (OR = 8.8; CI: 4.9–15.7; p < 0.001) were the items most associated with high adherence to the MD. In conclusion, a high level of adherence to the MD is associated with high-level muscular fitness and CRF in Spanish university students.
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spelling pubmed-68937932019-12-23 Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students Cobo-Cuenca, Ana Isabel Garrido-Miguel, Miriam Soriano-Cano, Alba Ferri-Morales, Asunción Martínez-Vizcaíno, Vicente Martín-Espinosa, Noelia María Nutrients Article The aims of this study were to assess the association of adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MD) with physical fitness and body composition in Spanish university students and to determine the ability to predict the MD adherence of each Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) item. A cross-sectional study was performed involving 310 first-year university students. Adherence to the MD was evaluated with MEDAS-14 items. Anthropometric variables, body composition, and physical fitness were assessed. Muscle strength was determined based on handgrip strength and the standing long jump test. Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) was measured using the Course–Navette test. Only 24% of the university students had good adherence to the MD. The ANCOVA models showed a significant difference between participants with high adherence to the MD and those with medium and low adherence in CRF (p = 0.017) and dynamometry (p = 0.005). Logistic binary regression showed that consuming >2 vegetables/day (OR = 20.1; CI: 10.1–30.1; p < 0.001), using olive oil (OR = 10.6; CI: 1.4–19.8; p = 0.021), consuming <3 commercial sweets/week (OR = 10.1; IC: 5.1–19.7; p < 0.001), and consuming ≥3 fruits/day (OR = 8.8; CI: 4.9–15.7; p < 0.001) were the items most associated with high adherence to the MD. In conclusion, a high level of adherence to the MD is associated with high-level muscular fitness and CRF in Spanish university students. MDPI 2019-11-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6893793/ /pubmed/31752296 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112830 Text en © 2019 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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Ferri-Morales, Asunción
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Martín-Espinosa, Noelia María
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students
title Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students
title_full Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students
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title_short Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with Body Composition and Physical Fitness in Spanish University Students
title_sort adherence to the mediterranean diet and its association with body composition and physical fitness in spanish university students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6893793/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31752296
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11112830
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