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Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study

The Mediterranean diet (MD) is based on the traditional cuisine of south European countries, and it is considered one of the healthiest dietary patterns worldwide. The promotion of combined MD and physical activity has shown major benefits. However, the association between physical activity and the...

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Autores principales: Martinovic, Dinko, Tokic, Daria, Martinovic, Lovre, Kumric, Marko, Vilovic, Marino, Rusic, Doris, Vrdoljak, Josip, Males, Ivan, Ticinovic Kurir, Tina, Lupi-Ferandin, Slaven, Bozic, Josko
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Publicado: MDPI 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114038
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author Martinovic, Dinko
Tokic, Daria
Martinovic, Lovre
Kumric, Marko
Vilovic, Marino
Rusic, Doris
Vrdoljak, Josip
Males, Ivan
Ticinovic Kurir, Tina
Lupi-Ferandin, Slaven
Bozic, Josko
author_facet Martinovic, Dinko
Tokic, Daria
Martinovic, Lovre
Kumric, Marko
Vilovic, Marino
Rusic, Doris
Vrdoljak, Josip
Males, Ivan
Ticinovic Kurir, Tina
Lupi-Ferandin, Slaven
Bozic, Josko
author_sort Martinovic, Dinko
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description The Mediterranean diet (MD) is based on the traditional cuisine of south European countries, and it is considered one of the healthiest dietary patterns worldwide. The promotion of combined MD and physical activity has shown major benefits. However, the association between physical activity and the MD in regular fitness center users is still insufficiently investigated. This cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted on 1220 fitness center users in Croatia. The survey consisted of three parts: general information, the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF). The results showed that 18.6% of fitness center users were adherent to the MD, and there was a significant positive correlation between the level of physical activity and the MDSS score (r = 0.302, p < 0.001). Moreover, after dividing the sample into tertiles based on the IPAQ-SF score, the third tertile (MET > 3150 min/wk) had the most fitness center users (34.4%) adherent to the MD, while the first tertile (MET < 1750 min/wk) had the least (6.1%). These outcomes emphasize the importance of physical activity as they imply that, with higher levels of physical activity, people are also possibly more aware of the importance that a healthy and balanced diet has on their well-being.
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spelling pubmed-86252962021-11-27 Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study Martinovic, Dinko Tokic, Daria Martinovic, Lovre Kumric, Marko Vilovic, Marino Rusic, Doris Vrdoljak, Josip Males, Ivan Ticinovic Kurir, Tina Lupi-Ferandin, Slaven Bozic, Josko Nutrients Article The Mediterranean diet (MD) is based on the traditional cuisine of south European countries, and it is considered one of the healthiest dietary patterns worldwide. The promotion of combined MD and physical activity has shown major benefits. However, the association between physical activity and the MD in regular fitness center users is still insufficiently investigated. This cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted on 1220 fitness center users in Croatia. The survey consisted of three parts: general information, the Mediterranean Diet Serving Score (MDSS) and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire Short Form (IPAQ-SF). The results showed that 18.6% of fitness center users were adherent to the MD, and there was a significant positive correlation between the level of physical activity and the MDSS score (r = 0.302, p < 0.001). Moreover, after dividing the sample into tertiles based on the IPAQ-SF score, the third tertile (MET > 3150 min/wk) had the most fitness center users (34.4%) adherent to the MD, while the first tertile (MET < 1750 min/wk) had the least (6.1%). These outcomes emphasize the importance of physical activity as they imply that, with higher levels of physical activity, people are also possibly more aware of the importance that a healthy and balanced diet has on their well-being. MDPI 2021-11-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8625296/ /pubmed/34836293 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114038 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Martinovic, Dinko
Tokic, Daria
Martinovic, Lovre
Kumric, Marko
Vilovic, Marino
Rusic, Doris
Vrdoljak, Josip
Males, Ivan
Ticinovic Kurir, Tina
Lupi-Ferandin, Slaven
Bozic, Josko
Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title_full Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title_fullStr Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title_full_unstemmed Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title_short Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and Its Association with the Level of Physical Activity in Fitness Center Users: Croatian-Based Study
title_sort adherence to the mediterranean diet and its association with the level of physical activity in fitness center users: croatian-based study
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8625296/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34836293
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13114038
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