Quarta, Stefano and Massaro, Marika and Chervenkov, Mihail and Ivanova, Teodora and Dimitrova, Dessislava and Jorge, Rui and Andrade, Vanda and Philippou, Elena and Zisimou, Constantinos and Maksimova, Viktorija and Smilkov, Katarina and Gjorgieva Ackova, Darinka and Miloseva, Lence and Ruskovska, Tatjana and Deligiannidou, Georgia-Eirini and Kontogiorgis, Christos A. and Sánchez-Meca, Julio and Pinto, Paula and Garcia Conesa, Maria-Teresa (2021) Persistent moderate-to-weak Mediterranean diet adherence and low scoring for plant-based foods across several southern European countries: are we overlooking the Mediterranean diet recommendations? Nutrients, 13 (5). p. 1432.
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The Mediterranean diet (MD) has been sponsored worldwide as a healthy and sustainable diet. Our aim was to update and compare MD adherence and food choices across several Southern European countries: Spain (SP), Portugal (PT), Italy (IT), Greece (GR), and Cyprus (CY) (MED, Mediterranean), and Bulgaria (BG) and the Republic of North Macedonia (NMK) (non-MED, non-Mediterranean). Participants (N = 3145, ≥18 y) completed a survey (MeDiWeB) with sociodemographic, anthropometric, and food questions (14-item Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener, 14-MEDAS). The MED and non-MED populations showed moderate (7.08 ± 1.96) and weak (5.58 ± 1.82) MD adherence, respectively, with significant yet small differences across countries (SP > PT > GR > IT > CY > BG > NMK, p-value < 0.001). The MED participants scored higher than the non-MED ones for most of the Mediterranean-typical foods, with the greatest differences found for olive oil (OO) and white meat preference. In most countries, ≥70% of the participants reported quantities of red meat, butter, sweet drinks, and desserts below the recommended cutoff points, whereas <50% achieved the targets for plant-based foods, OO, fish, and wine. Being a woman and increasing age were associated with superior adherence (p-value < 0.001), but differences were rather small. Our results suggest that the campaigns carried out to support and reinforce the MD and to promote plant-based foods have limited success across Southern Europe, and that more hard-hitting strategies are needed.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Impact Factor Value: | 4.546 |
| Subjects: | Medical and Health Sciences > Health sciences |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medical Science |
| Depositing User: | Tatjana Ruskovska |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Jun 2021 09:46 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Jun 2021 09:46 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/28209 |
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